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When Wayne Ashcroft had the chance to buy and transform a former Victorian workhouse into five luxury homes, he didn’t ...
From workhouse to dream house! Victorian-era site which once housed 250 people and a Gothic chapel before conversion into five-bed family home goes on the market for £3.25million.
In Victorian England, workhouses were meant to keep the paupers off the streets. The inmates had to work hard without any payment and were forced to live in squalid and disease-infested conditions.
The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along ...
In 1837, the beginning of the Victorian era, the building was converted into the Stapleton Workhouse, archaeologists said. “The workhouse served as a refuge for the city’s poor, offering ...
In 1837, the beginning of the Victorian era, the building was converted into the Stapleton Workhouse, archaeologists said. “The workhouse served as a refuge for the city’s poor, offering ...
Gruel all round as the Victorian workhouse diet makes a comeback Rising food bills bring renewed interest in virtues of frugality. Jonathan Owen. Sunday 21 September 2008 00:00 BST.
The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along ...
In Victorian England, workhouses were meant to keep the paupers off the streets. The inmates had to work hard without any payment and were forced to live in squalid and disease-infested conditions.
Archaeologists have uncovered incredible remains of a Victorian workhouse with colourful walls and a fireplace that offer insights into the early 19th-century workhouses established to help the poor.
The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along ...