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Remains of Union Workhouse complex, built 1840-2; dated 1841; opened 1845, including: Detached nineteen-bay two-storey infirmary on a rectangular plan. Adapted to alternative use, 1923. Closed, 1992. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings (north) or square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (south) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing three-over-six (north) or one-over-one (south) timber sash windows. Set in shared grounds on an elevated site.
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