Late 19th century workhouse, Maldon Union Workhouse, Spital Road (EHER 15380)

Now St Peter's Hospital. Maldon Union Workhouse was built in 1873 at a cost of around £20,000 and could accommodate 450 people. The architect was F. Peck. Built of red brick in a simplified Tudor style it comprised three parallel ranges; workhouse, services and infirmary, with a small chapel and gate-lodge at the entrance. The workhouse building was of three-storeys with a symmetrical facade, which had a central clock tower incorporating a water tank. The workhouse was redesignated as a Public Assistance Institution in 1930. After 1948, it became part of the National Health Service and was renamed St Peter's Hospital. The chapel situated at the front of the main building is now used as a staff social club.

The workhouse was built in 1873 following plans by F. Peck. It is a large building of red brick in the Tudor style with a central tower and yellow stock brick chapel. The original buildings comprise an administration and casual ward block (the latter has been demolished), chapel, main workhouse block, service ranges, infirmary and isolation block. It is the only example of a corridor plan workhouse in Essex. It has been subsequently converted to form St Peters Hospital. <1> See aerial photograph <2>. NRHE data transfer: Maldon Union Workhouse was built in 1873 at a cost of around £20,000 and could accommodate 450 people. The architect was F. Peck. Built of red brick in a simplified Tudor style it comprised three parallel ranges; workhouse, services and infirmary, with a small chapel and gate-lodge at the entrance. The workhouse building was three-storeys with a symmetrical facade, which had a central clock tower incorporating a water tank. <3> <4> <5> The workhouse was redesignated as a Public Assistance Institution in 1930. After 1948 it became part of the National Health Service and was renamed St Peter's Hospital. The chapel situated at the front of the main building is now used as a staff social club. <3> <4> See also <6>.