Whitehill House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Workhouse, housing.

Whitehill House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1987
Type
Workhouse, housing
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SO 35 SE WEOBLEY CP WHITEHILL PARK Kingston Road (east side) 6/174 Whitehill House 19.3.87

  • II

Workhouse, now housing. 1837. Brick, hipped slate roof. Double H-plan with central range aligned north-east/south-west. Central block of three storeys, all the others of two storeys. South-west front of two storeys and three plus two plus three windows, all 9-pane sashes under rubbed brick heads. The centre is slightly advanced with a modillioned pediment above. Band over ground floor which has glazing bar sashes under rubbed brick heads. Two entrances, one to each corner of advanced centre, have dentilled stone canopies with doors set in slight recesses, these are ledged and boarded. This block is flarflced by single-storey ranges and has diagonal walls with windows in the angles. The-south-west gable contains a blind lunette window. The rear cross-wing has gable-end stacks and segmentally headed glazing bar sashes. A well preserved example of a country workhouse, with very little later alterations. (BoE, p 313).

Listing NGR: SO3943652099

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