Description

SU 97 NE SLOUGH ALBERT STREET (north side)

4/6 Beech House, Oak House,
And Linden House At Upton
Hospital (SU 9776 7942)

II

Union Workhouse, now hospital 1835-6, by Sampson Kempthorne. Stock brick,
rendered ground floor to south with banded rustication, and hipped slate
roofs. Cruciform plan with central octagonal staircase block, and 3
storey block to south with lower flanking wings. South front: 3 storeys
with cill bands and deep eaves. 5 bays with glazing bar sashes, those on
first floor with blind hoods. Central half glazed door with triangular
pedimented hood on brackets. Flanking 2 storey one bay wings. Later
flanking one storey wings slightly set back with louvred clerestorys,
scattered glazing bar sashes and half glazed doors. The Mrs. Sinkins
Pink was first raised here circa 1880 by the Master of the workhouse
and named after his wife, the Matron. B.O.E, (Bucks, p.238; The History
Of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973, pp. 115-6; The Story
Of Slough, Judith Hunter, Local Heritage Books, 1983, pp.58-60.

Listing NGR: SU9777079448

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407249

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)