Description

BOSTON

TF3343SW SKIRBECK ROAD
716-1/15/153 (South side)
14/02/75 St John's Buildings
(Formerly Listed as:
SKIRBECK ROAD
(South side)
Former workhouse, gate piers and
wall to former workhouse)

GV II

Workhouse front range, now derelict with the rear ranges
demolished in 1980. 1837 by George Gilbert Scott. Ashlar
front, red brick rear wall, hipped Welsh slate roofs, 2 ridge
stacks.
EXTERIOR: single storey, 11-bay front arranged 1:2:2:1:2:2:1
with central raised and slightly advanced pedimented bay over
tall carriage archway, flanked by 5-bay wings, the 2-bay
centre of each wing being advanced and separately roofed.
Plinth, pilasters to ends and between bays, plain frieze. The
window openings are set in full height semicircular-headed
openings with linked impost bands and rusticated keystones. 2
similar arched openings to each end. In the central pediment a
circular opening for a clock.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: built near the site of the medieval Hospital of St
John where the earlier workhouse was situated.

Listing NGR: TF3324443355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668432

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6