Ridgewood,Yate Offices Of Avon County Social Services

ST 78 SW YATE STATION ROAD (south side) )

7/252 No. 244 (Ridgewood), Yate Offices of Avon County Social - Services

24.3.82 II

Chipping Sodbury Union Workhouse, now offices. Said to date from 1835-6, by Scott and Moffatt. Coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins; slate roofs; ashlar stacks with cornice. In a Tudor Gothic style, with a front office and service range and a rear residential range. Front range. Central 2 storey gatehouse surmounted by a coped gable with moulded kneelers; 4-centred arch and chamfered doorcase under a dripmould, single casement above. 2 single storey 5 bay wings flank the arch, the centre bay is slightly advanced and has a coped gable and a 3-light cross window. To the left are 2 gabled single storey rooms: 2- and 3-light cross windows and projecting gabled centre section. Rear range. 2 storeys. 2:5:3:5:2 bays. Single, 2- and 3-light cross windows with chamfered mullions and surrounds. End bays project as gabled wings with lateral stacks. Centre 3 bays are slightly advanced: 2 storeys and attics in gabled dormers with kneelers; two 2 storey canted bays with parapet. Central C20 porch; plank doors to side wings.

Listing NGR: ST7188482436