Mill Brow House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1983. Former workhouse.
Mill Brow House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-screen-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1983
- Type
- Former workhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mill Brow House is a former workhouse built in 1811. It is a three-storey building with a basement, constructed from squared watershot rubble and topped with a slate roof. The house features three chimneys, quoins, and a plinth. There are four windows with sills and plain reveals; the second-floor windows still have their original iron casements, while the others have been reglazed. The doorway has a plain stone surround and a modern door.
At the rear of the building, which faces Mill Brow, is a former mill that is entered through a door on the first landing of the workhouse. This mill has two storeys at the upper end and three at the lower end, also made of square coursed rubble and with a slate roof. It includes a large segmental-headed doorway and a similar window above, along with a two-leaf plank door that has a fanlight with all glazing bars.
Inside the workhouse, there is a four-flight dogleg stair with stone treads. The ground and first floors are partitioned, likely from the 19th century, while the second floor retains a floor of large stone flags and has rooms that open off a spinal corridor. Originally built as a workhouse, it was condemned by the Poor Law Commissioners and later became a hostel in 1910. The building is now converted into flats.
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