Thumbnail

PP_WSL_L000099 copy.jpg

RefNoPP/WSL/L000099
Short titleEast Preston Workhouse
Full descriptionEast Preston Workhouse or Poorhouse. View across a park towards the front facade of the workhouse. Boy standing in foreground. Large brick workhouse with central clock tower, single storey brick buildings attached, rectangular and arched windows. Built in 1873 to replace the Gilbert Workhouse of 1792, the East Preston workhouse was demolished in 1969. Copy photograph from the R.W. Standing Collection No.35
Datec1904
PeriodEdwardian & After
Period dates22 Jan 1901- 4 Aug 1914
FormatPostcard
Format2copy
OwnerWest Sussex County Council Library Service
SubjectSocial & Family Issues/Poverty/Workhouses
Social & Family Issues/Children
Architecture/Structure/Brick
Parks & Gardens/Public
Employment/Child Labour

Show related Periods records.

Places
Place EntryCode
/East Preston//West SussexNA414
    Powered by CalmView© 2008-2025