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workhouse — Abbey Road

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Detached seven-bay two-storey former fever ward of union workhouse, built c.1841, subsequently in use as a nurses home. Renovated c.1985. Now derelict and out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Remains of decorative bargeboards to end gables. Constructed of coursed rubble limestone with lime render over, now failing. Cut stone air wall vents. Square-headed window openings with brick surrounds, cut stone sills and remains of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Ground floor windows mostly blocked-up. Located to northwest of former workhouse complex.

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