page_title: Nantwich Workhouse
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Nantwich Workhouse / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Nantwich Workhouse, Nantwich, Cheshire
context_page_description: Nantwich Workhouse, also known as Nantwich Union Workhouse, Nantwich Union House and Nantwich Institution, is a former workhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It is located at The Barony, off Barony Road. Built in 1779–80 to accommodate up to 350 people, the institution remained in use as a workhouse until 1930.
  For much of the remainder of the 20th century, the former workhouse became part of Barony Hospital, and is currently used as offices for the National Health Service. The former workhouse is listed at grade II.
context_section_description: The former workhouse is a large three-storey building in red brick under a tiled roof. It has a U-shaped plan, with a long symmetrical front face and two long end wings which run away from the street. The front face has a slightly projecting central bay, topped by a pediment bearing a clock face. The main entrance is to the central bay; it has a semicircular head with a fanlight, and is flanked by a pair of small windows. The front face has seven casement windows to the ground floor. In around 1971, the central bay had two Venetian windows with a semicircular head; only the second-storey one remains. A bell tower and glazed porch to the main entrance have also been removed.  Little of the original workhouse interior remains.
caption: Workhouse, showing the east wing
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