The Lowewood Institute provides a secure and effective facility for retribution and rehabilitation of young women and girls of criminal inclination and dubious morality. It is a small, privately-owned establishment under the direct control of its Governor, Dr Grimace, who adopts a personal hands-on approach to all of the inmates. Whilst inmates are normally drawn from the Parish of Lowewood and surrounding parishes, admittance of prospective inmates from further afield may be considered by application to the Governor.

Lowewood has a distinctive approach to the treatment of its inmates, made possible by the extraordinary endowment of its Patron, Lord Fawcett, for which each of the inmates are expected to show due gratitude. The facilities and comestibles are far superior to that provided in most Reform Schools even in this modern day and age, and indeed are comparable to some of the finest hotels. However the indulgence of our girls’ comforts is matched in equal part by the harshness of the punishment and disciplinary regime. Dr Grimace’s unique approach to rehabilitation is to stimulate each of the fallen women in his charge to recognise the vast contrast between the comforts of a life well-lived, and the deprivations of sin. The Institute specialises in short periods of severe treatment which is most effective for those young women who are teetering on the brink of perpetual indigence and sin.

Girls are not only taught the implications of wrongdoing at Lowewood. They also have many opportunities to learn new crafts and skills to make them useful members of society upon their release. Inmates are kept fully occupied learning traditional school subjects and practical skills.

Mary G, 22, had fallen into sin and depravity, plying her trade in the back alleys of Harrow School much to the distress of local residents and visiting mothers.  After one week of Dr Grimace’s aversion therapy sessions, Mary put her sins behind her, and promised to have congregation with men no more.  Mary has just commenced her second year as a novitiate with the Sisters of the Lash and Cross, Jerusalem.

Ellie F, 18, was orphaned at the age of eight, whereupon she took on the care of her 5 younger siblings.  Following the unfortunate financial demise, through embezzlement, of the Poor House in which she resided, Ellie was turned out into the street and was subsequently charged with stealing a loaf of bread, which she claimed was not for herself but her starving brother.  Described by the local rector as “an angel” and by the beadle as “totally innocent” she was nevertheless convinced and sentenced to deportation.  However by the generosity of Lord Fawcett, the presiding magistrate, she was allowed the alternative of a weekend remedial incarceration at Lowewood Institute.  After much deliberation she accepted the latter, and proved to be an outstanding pupil.  Ellie has now obtained the position of night under-maid at Fawcett Hall, and His Lordship regularly tells us of the satisfaction she provides.

If you are a young lady who feels that you may benefit from the strict disciplinary regime at the Lowewood Institute, a gentleman who may wish to send a delinquent girl for a short course or join the staff or a person of note who may wish to make a contribution, please contact Lord Fawcett