Whittlesey Workhouse
| Whittlesey Workhouse | |
|---|---|
 The workhouse cellar, unearthed during renovation work at Sir Harry Smith school in 2011. | |
| Location | Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire |
| OS grid reference | TL 27678 97337 |
| Built | 1875 |
| Demolished | 1938/39 |
| Architect | Frederick Peck |
Whittlesey Workhouse was a workhouse in the Cambridgeshire town of Whittlesey. Its use as a workhouse ceased in 1930 and it was subsequently demolished.[1]
History
[edit]The facility has its origins in a workhouse in Broad Street (formerly Old Tavern Street) built in the early 19th century.[2] This was replaced by a new workhouse built by Frederick Peck on the north side of Eastrea Road in 1875.[2] The new facility had a distinctive tall tower. It became the Whittlesey Poor Law Institution in the 1920s and was closed in the mid 1930s.[2] After the workhouse had been demolished in the late 1930s, Sir Harry Smith Community College was built on the site in the early 1950s.[2]