St Johns Buildings

St John's Buildings is a former workhouse located on Skirbeck Road in Boston, built in 1837 by George Gilbert Scott. The building is currently derelict, with the rear sections demolished in 1980. It features an ashlar front and a red brick rear wall, topped with hipped Welsh slate roofs and two ridge stacks.

The exterior is a single storey with an 11-bay front arranged in a pattern of 1:2:2:1:2:2:1. The central bay is raised and slightly advanced, featuring a pediment above a tall carriage archway. This central archway is flanked by two wings, each with an advanced two-bay section that has a separate roof. The building has a plinth, pilasters at the ends and between the bays, and a plain frieze. The window openings are full height and semicircular-headed, with linked impost bands and rusticated keystones. There are two similar arched openings at each end, and a circular opening for a clock is set within the central pediment.

The building was constructed near the site of the medieval Hospital of St John, where an earlier workhouse was located. The interior has not been inspected.