Village lock up with stocks and whipping post attached to door frame, SE corner of churchyard of St Thomas (EHER 2028)

A 19th century 'lock-up' (prison cage), with whipping posts built into the doorway. The building is built of brick with a red tiled roof and was constructed by Samuel Horne in 1817, possibly on the site of an earlier one - a reference from 1592 cites a pillory somewhere in the village. The current pillory was added to the building in 1923.

January 1953. Grade II listed. An 18th century 'lock-up' built of red brick with a pointed hipped red tile roof. There is a heavy 3 board door with an iron louvre of 12 vertical slits. Attached vertically to the left door jamb are stocks or a whipping post, with four semi-circular wooden grooves and three matching and locking iron grooves. There is a lock at the base, and to the right of the door are five grooves with no locking device. <1> <2> See photos <3> and aerial photograph <4>. An 18th century brick built cage with whipping posts built into doorway. <5> <6> A reference dated 1592 'to stand on the pillory at the time of the market' indicates that an earlier pillory was probably located somewhere prominent within the village. Samuel Horne built the present village cage in 1817, possibly on the site of the earlier one. The pillory was added in 1823. It is a red brick structure with a hipped tiled roof that was built against the churchyard wall. It would have been capable of holding up to six prisoners. It still survives with the stocks and whipping posts attached to the doorframe and is a Grade II Listed Building. <7> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Note: sources <1>, <2>, <5> and <6> describe the monument as 18th century, but according to <7> it was built in 1817. Given the reference to a pillory from 1592, the monument may have had an earlier precursor/s which no longer exists.