Premises Of Holdoway And Sons (Former Union Workhouse)

The premises of Holdoway and Sons, originally a union workhouse, is an early 19th-century adaptation of a later 18th-century front range. The building stands three stories tall, with a two-story wing on the right and a single-story wing on the left. It is constructed of red brick, featuring a stone band above the ground floor of the main section, and has hipped slate roofs.

The main part of the building has five ranges of windows, with the central three slightly projecting forward. The first floor has plank shutters, while the second floor features casement windows, and the rest of the windows are sash types. A later addition is a central gabled brick porch, which includes footstones, coped verges, and flanking foot scrapers. The gable is adorned with a clock, and the entrance has a segmental arch with a stone key and pointed side windows.

The two-story wing on the right has three ranges of segmental-headed glazing bar sashes with stone keys. The left-hand wing also has three ranges of windows with segmental heads, which are glazing bar sashes. At the rear, the main part has a five-window extension, with the fourth bay featuring a very wide angled three-story bay that is mirrored on both sides of the extension. The property is enclosed by dwarf reverse quadrant walls topped with arrowhead railings, and there are central gates with cast iron piers. The end piers are made of stone and have moulded caps.