Description

SO 35 SE WEOBLEY CP WHITEHILL PARK Kingston Road (east side) 6/174 Whitehill House 19.3.87

- II

Workhouse, now housing. 1837. Brick, hipped slate roof. Double H-plan with central range aligned north-east/south-west. Central block of three storeys, all the others of two storeys. South-west front of two storeys and three plus two plus three windows, all 9-pane sashes under rubbed brick heads. The centre is slightly advanced with a modillioned pediment above. Band over ground floor which has glazing bar sashes under rubbed brick heads. Two entrances, one to each corner of advanced centre, have dentilled stone canopies with doors set in slight recesses, these are ledged and boarded. This block is flarflced by single-storey ranges and has diagonal walls with windows in the angles. The-south-west gable contains a blind lunette window. The rear cross-wing has gable-end stacks and segmentally headed glazing bar sashes. A well preserved example of a country workhouse, with very little later alterations. (BoE, p 313).

Listing NGR: SO3943652099

External Links

• Wikidata Q26358087

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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