Listed Building record MDO16269 - Christmas Close Hospital, Christmas Close, Wareham

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Wareham and Purbeck Union Workhouse built in 1836 by Carter and Hyde, and also known as the Poole Poor Law Institution. The building has walls of colourwashed Flemish bond brick with hipped Welsh slate roofs and brick chimney stacks.

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Wareham and Purbeck Union Workhouse was built in 1836 to designs by Owen Browne Carter and H Hyde. The building has a cross-plan and is built of red brick, now painted cream, with hipped slate roofs. An isolation block was added in 1874. The buildings are now in use as Christmas Close Hospital. <1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Morrison, K. 1999. The Workhouse: a study of Poor Law Buildings in England. 2-3.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1407251.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 91793 87471 (49m by 49m)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 98 NW 93
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1407251
  • National Buildings Record: 100407

Record last edited

May 31 2023 8:56AM

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