b'South Hall, Castle HillJust a few steps from The Chestnuts, up Castle Hill, is another notable house with a fascinating history and which was considered to be the most important private house in the town centre at the time. South Hall, accessed through an impressive gateway from Castle Hill is an elegant colour-washed Georgian house, lying opposite the X11 century Castle Keep. The property was built in the 1820s as the official residence of the Governor of the Towns new House of Correction and used as such until the prison was relocated to Wandsworth in the 1850s. It was then sold by auction and converted into a Gentlemans Residence.In 1994 the property was being offered for sale by Clarke Gammon at a guide price of Offers in the region of 400,000-500,000. It has recently been on the market at 4,500.000.'