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Remains of Union Workhouse complex, built 1841; opened 1841, including (east): Detached fifteen-bay two-storey "Front Block" on a H-shaped plan centred on three-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor with two-bay (two-bay deep) three-storey double gable-fronted advanced end bays. In use, 1911. "Disbanded", 1920. Renovated to accommodate continued alternative use. Pitched slate roofs including pitched double gable-fronted (M-profile) slate roofs (end bays) with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted cut-granite "saddleback" coping to gables on "Bowtell" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings originally in bipartite arrangement with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement (end bays) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement aluminium casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.
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