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
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1983
Type
Former workhouse
Source
Historic England listing

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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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