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LAMBETH WORKHOUSE PLAN, RENFREW ROAD, KENNINGTON

LAMBETH WORKHOUSE PLAN, RENFREW ROAD, KENNINGTON

Plan of the new Lambeth Workhouse in Renfrew Road which replaced the old workhouse in Prince's Street and was opened in 1873 at a cost of £64,000 to the designs of Messrs R Parris and T.W. Aldwinckle. It was designed for 820 inmates with the administrative block dividing the sexes. A contemporary report stated: 'A system of rigid classification has been carried out....the several classes in each sex are for aged, able-bodied of good character, and two subdivisions of able-bodied of bad character, together with accommodation for a limited number of boys and girls.' The out-door poor department had oakum and wood picking sheds, and hand corn-mills. The buildings were later incorporated into Lambeth Hospital.
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Ref:07146
Identifier:Bldr Vol.32
Date:1874

#1850 - 1875  #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS  #Engraving  #KENNINGTON  #WELFARE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS