Monument record MDO47069 - Allen House, Wimborne and Cranborne Union Workhouse, Wimborne Minster

Wimborne and Cranborne Union Workhouse was built in 1780. It was enlarged in 1836. It was later known as the Wimborne Poor Law Institution and then as Allen House. It was demolished in 1958.

(SU 01030027) Allen House, Poor-Law Institution, now demolished, was of two storeys with brick walls and a tiled roof. It was built about 1760 and north and south wings were added on the east of the original range in 1838, together with a chapel and a school room. The original building had an approximately symmetrical west front of eleven bays with a round-headed central doorway and plain sashed windows in both storeys. <1>

Wimborne and Cranborne Union Workhouse was built in 1780. It was enlarged in 1836. It was later known as the Wimborne Poor Law Institution. It was demolished in 1958. <2-3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 90 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(51) Allen House, Poor-Law Institution, now demolished, was of two storeys with brick walls and tiled roofs; it was built c. 1760. N. and S. wings were added on the E. of the original range in 1838, together with a chapel and a school-room. The original building had an approximately symmetrical W. front of eleven bays with a round-headed central doorway and with plain sashed windows in both storeys.'

<2> Morrison, K, 1999, The Workhouse: a study of Poor Law Buildings in England (Monograph). SDO17690.

<3> Higginbotham, P, 2000, World Wide Web page andlt;http://www.workhouses.org.uk/, [Accessed 16-DEC-2005 (Digital archive). SDO17705.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF101685 (Index). SDO14738.

Wimborne and Cranborne Union Workhouse, Wimborne Minster

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213258 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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