Building record 1160/441/22 - Kitchens

{1} This structure was constructed between 1901 and 1926. It stands on the north side of the main workhouse complex, and replaced two earlier structures, built c. 1848-1885 and 1887-1901 respectivley, that covered a similar area, and together served as an earlier kitchen, scullery and boiler house. It is butted onto the north side of the Hub, and has structural links with the Physio Hall.
It is built in red brick, laid in English Bond, with no external embellishment. It is aligned east-west, each gable wall having four tall 12-12 sash windows beneath curving brick lintels constructed with headers. The gable walls rise above the slate roof, which has a metal frame and a glazed ridge lantern.
Structurally it is undergone little alteration, and has retained the same function since it was built. The surviving fittings, however, are modern.

<1> Zeepvat B., 2004, Historic Building Survey: St Edmund's Hospital, Wellingborough Road, Northampton, p.36 (checked) (Report). SNN104796.

Record last edited

Jun 16 2008 10:29AM