Kelvedon Labour Club (EHER 30088)

The site of Kelvedon Labour Club, formerly a public house (Victoria Inn) and the parish workhouse. The original building was possibly constructed in the early 17th century and was used as a workhouse from circa 1700. It was subsequently extended in the 18th century and closed when its functions were transferred to Witham Union soon after the Poor Law (Amendment) Act of 1834. In 1837 the building became the Victoria Inn under the ownership of the former master Thomas Arnold. Further extensions were made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building became the Kelvedon Labour Club after 1927 and is still in use as such today. The building is timber-framed, clad with painted brick, plaster and some weatherboarding, and roofed with handmade red plain tiles. There are four bays and an 18th century crosswing to the front and two wings extending forwards. In the attached cottage to the front left one ground-floor room is fully lined with softwood boarding of about 1900 date.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: The parish workhouse (75 High Street) was built about 1700. In 1834 the master, Thomas Arnold, turned it into a public house, and it is now the Labour Club. The inhabitants were moved to the Union Workhouse in Witham. Further extensions were made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building became the Kelvedon Labour Club after 1927. <1> Victoria Inn was much altered and rebuilt in the 18th century. <2> Victoria Inn is not plotted on OS 1:1250 1969 and may therefore be no longer extant. <3> (Note: building is still present, see sources below) The site of Kelvedon Labour Club, formerly a public house (Victoria Inn) and the parish workhouse. The original building was possibly constructed in the early 17th century and was used as a workhouse from about 1700. It was subsequently extended in the 18th century and closed when its functions were transferred to Witham Union soon after the Poor Law (Amendment) Act of 1834. Grade II Listed building. The building is timber framed, clad with painted brick, plaster and some weatherboarding, and roofed with handmade red plain tiles. There are four bays and an 18th century crosswing to the front and two wings extending forwards. In the attached cottage to the front left one ground-floor room is fully lined with softwood boarding of circa 1900 date. <4> Further information on the building, including the history are available on the Kelvedon Labour Club website. <5> See also: <6>