Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

workhouse administration block — Morningstar Avenue

workhouse administration block
View what I want to do
workhouse administration block — Morningstar Avenue
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 three-bay two-storey former workhouse master's house, built 1898, having full-height canted-bays to front (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved red brick cornice and carved red brick string course over red brick wall, laid in Flemish bond, red brick plinth course, yellow brick wall to west elevation. Square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, granite sills and one-over-one pane timber sash windows, two-over-two pane to first floor to centre. Square-headed window opening to first floor to west elevation, yellow brick voussoirs, granite sill and two-over-two pane timber sash window. Square-headed door opening to front, carved red brick architrave surround with brick cornice over, half-glazed timber panelled door set within recessed porch, two nosed granite steps to path. Steel grille door over opening.

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.