Beech House, Oak House And Linden House At Upton Hospital

Beech House, Oak House, and Linden House at Upton Hospital is a former Union Workhouse, built between 1835 and 1836 by Sampson Kempthorne. The building is constructed of stock brick with a rendered ground floor on the south side, featuring banded rustication and hipped slate roofs. It has a cruciform plan with a central octagonal staircase block and a three-storey block to the south, flanked by lower wings.

The south front has three storeys, with cill bands and deep eaves, and consists of five bays with glazing bar sashes, including first-floor windows that have blind hoods. The central entrance features a half-glazed door topped by a triangular pedimented hood supported by brackets. There are two-storey, one-bay wings on either side, with later one-storey wings that are slightly set back, featuring louvred clerestories, scattered glazing bar sashes, and half-glazed doors.

Notably, the Mrs. Sinkins Pink rose was first cultivated here around 1880 by the Master of the workhouse and was named after his wife, the Matron.