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Site of Bourne Union Workhouse (also known as Well Head House Poor Law Institution). The building is depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series map of 1905.{1}
Three double-courtyard plan workhouses in Lincolnshire, those of Bourne, Spalding and Stamford Unions, were by a local architect, Bryan Browning, who also designed the 'square'-plan Peterborough Union Workhouse. Of these, only Bourne survives. Its courtyards, now infilled, were bounded by single-storeyed ranges across the front and sides and by a linear accomodation block to the rear.{2}
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken prior to redevelopment. The work found evidence for the construction of the 19th century workhouse and later modernisation in the 20th century.{3}{4}
Bourne Union Workhouse was built between 1836 and 1837 at a cost of £5,350 and could accommodate 300 inmates. The architect was Bryan Browning, who also designed workhouses in Spalding and Stamford. It was a three storey building built of red brick with hipped slate roofs. It had a T-shaped layout. The central block projected forward to the south and had canted bays to either side of a three storey rear wing. Either side of the central block were accommodation wings. Smaller buildings, including a laundry, linked the ends of the main building together to create two enclosed exercise yards, which were further separated for different categories of inmate (male/female, able-bodied/infirm). There was also a single storey entrance block built of part-rendered red brick. After 1930, the workhouse became Bourne Public Assistance Institution and was also known as Wellhead House. During the 1930s, it became a hospital for the mentally handicapped and the building was substantially altered. This included a link between the entrance block and main building. The buildings were later used by a printing company before they were demolished in 2001.{5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Poor Law Unions | Temporal: | 1836 - 1930 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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