Monument record 11199/3 - Chester Union Workhouse, School

A school was built in 1873 as part of the Chester Union workhouse on Hoole Lane. The school comprised a long front range parallel with and set back from the road with a series of narrow ranges extending from the rear of the building forming two yards for boys and girls. In 1930 the workhouse became a hospital at the school was converted into hospital buildings. It was demolished in the 1990s following the closure of the hospital. (3)

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Higginbotham, P., 2012, The Workhouse, http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Chester/ (Web Site). SCH6930.