Description

SK 75 SW UPTON GREET LANE
(East side (off))
466-/8/10002
Former Infirmary at Greet House

GV II

Outbuilding to Thurgaton Incorporation Workhouse. 1824, altered c1870 and reduced C20. Designed by William Nicholson. Red brick with slate roofs. South front has 11 windows arranged 2:4:5, central section 2 storey, flanking wings single storey. Left wing, added c1870, has 2 tall cross casement windows and a raised ridge skylight with 3 windows. Central section has doors at either end with overlights and between 2 windows, that to the left with an iron glazing bar frame and that to the right blocked, above 3 small windows with iron glazing bar frames and a blocked window. Right wing has a door, a large window with iron glazing bar frame, then another door and beyond two smaller, similar windows. North front has similar 10 window facade.
This building is an important part of the original plan of this very early workhouse.

Listing NGR: SK7117354298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410929

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990