Building record 0189800000 - Master's House of the Former Winslow Hospital.

Summary

Former master's house at Winslow workhouse, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1835.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1227960: THE MASTERS HOUSE OF THE FORMER WINSLOW HOSPITAL

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • (Alternate Type) MANAGERS HOUSE (Built 1835, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • WORKHOUSE (Built 1835, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 44m, Width 38m.
Grade II. Master’s house of former hospital, originally workhouse. 1835, by Sir G Gilbert Scott. Red brick rendered band courses at impost level of ground floor openings and cill of first floor. Off-set brick eaves, hipped slate-roof, brick stacks, 3 storeys, S front has 5 bays, 3 to centre forming canted projection Barred sash windows with guaged brick heads to ground and first floors. Ground floor windows have semi-circular arched tops with radiating glazing bars and are set in slightly recessed arches of gauged brick. Similar arch over central double doors with radiating fanlight. Second floor has C20 paired barred metal casements (B5).
Union workhouse, built 1835-6 by G G Scott for 280 persons (B1-3).
Master's house of hospital/workhouse. 1835 but still entirely Georgian [in style]. 3 storeys. S front of 5 bays, 3 to centre form a canted bay (B4).
Historical account (B6).
Design conforms to Kempthorne's standard plans for workhouses (further detail, plan)(B7-8).
NGR (B9).
Only the master's house survives, the remainder of the workhouse having been demolished in 1983 (B10).
Designed by George Gilbert Scott in the conventional early 'square' plan but with the centre of the entrance block brought forward and canted for its full 3-storet height. The workhouse design was approved by the Winslow Guardians in June 1835 and the expenditure was authorised by the Poor Law Commissioners in July 1835. Building record file held at NMR (ref No.100271) (B11).

Sources (11)

  • <1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p545.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p796.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p466.
  • <4>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p299.
  • <5>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow. p67.
  • <6>SBC13896 Bibliographic reference: SAVING N A 1973 GLIMPSES OF PAST DAYS...OF...WINSL OW PP34-35.
  • <7>SBC15132 Article in serial: Ian Toplis. 1975. 'SIR GILBERT SCOTT'S CLASSICAL WORK IN BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP93-99. Vol 20. pp95,99; Plate 3.
  • <8>SBC6594 Bibliographic reference: INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RECORD CARD 23 02 01,FILED.
  • <9>SBC10490 Map: OS 1988 1:2500 MAP.
  • <10>SBC19641 Bibliographic reference: Terry Foley and Julian Hunt. 1997. Winslow. Captions to photos p75.
  • <11>SBC25581 Bibliographic reference: Kathryn Morrison. 1999. The Workhouse: A Study of Poor-Law Buildings in England. pp62,72,202; fig57.

Location

Grid reference SP 76913 28089 (point)
Civil Parish WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13590)

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 2:15PM

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