Listed Building record MDO38053 - Ringwood Union Workhouse, St Leonards and St Ives

Range of buildings set in extensive grounds shown on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey map, on which it is described as 'Union Workhouse'. Ringwood Union Workhouse was built in 1725. It operated as a parish workhouse until 1835 and may have been known as 'The Ringwood House of Industry'. The buildings comprised a row of cottages, built of red brick with tile or slate roofs. The institution was closed and partly demolished in 1936.

Ringwood Union Workhouse was built in 1725. It operated as a parish workhouse until 1835 and may have been known as 'The Ringwood House of Industry'. In 1776 it had a capacity of 160 inmates. The buildings comprised a row of cottages, built of red brick with tile or slate roofs. There was an additional outbuilding, of unknown use, behind. It is perhaps unusual that the Ringwood Poor Law Union (formed in 1835) retained the buildings since they were small and unconventional compared to the workhouses of the time. The workhouse was later renamed Ashley House but finally closed in December 1936. Some of the cottages have now been demolished but a large section to the north-west survives and is Grade II Listed. It bears the inscription 'This House Erected by the Parish of Ringwood 1725'. <1-3>

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 101692 (Index). SDO14738.

Uncatalogued Archive File - Workhouses

<2> Morrison, K, 1999, The Workhouse: a study of Poor Law Buildings in England, 205 (Monograph). SDO17690.

<3> Higginbotham, P, 2000, World Wide Web page andlt;http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ (Digital archive). SDO17705.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF101692 Ringwood Union Workhouse, Ringwood (Index). SDO14738.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1451268 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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