Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

workhouse — Abbey Road

workhouse
View what I want to do
workhouse — Abbey Road
Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Open the original picture · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Detached thirteen-bay two-storey former workhouse, built c.1841, with advanced two-bay three-storey end pavilions creating H-shaped plan. Western end altered to accommodate fire station, c.1975. Now used as youth centre. Pitched natural slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, sections of cast-iron rainwater goods and with decorative bargeboards. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone with flush cut stone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with yellow brick surrounds, cut stone sills and replacement windows. Square-headed doorcases with brick surrounds. Road-fronted to rear of administration block (15004036).

This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.