Sculcoates Union Workhouse
also known as
Sculcoates Union Institution,
or
Beverley Road Institution, and later, KIngston General Hospital
 

Taken from:
�History of the Town and Port of Kingston upon Hull�,
by
James Joseph Sheahan,
(2nd Edition, Beverley, 1866)

"The Poor Law Union of Sculcoates comprehends twenty parishes or townships (including those parts of the Borough of Hull which do not belong to the parishes of Holy Trinity or St. Mary), and embrace an area of about 60 square miles.

The Workhouse is a large handsome red brick structure, with stone dressings, chiefly in the Tudor style of architecture, erected in 1844, at an expense of about £11,000; and it affords accommodation for about 500 paupers. The front range of the edifice is the most ornamental, and consists of a central tower (in which is a clock), the board room, and at the end receiving wards.  The central or principal range of buildings is about 220 feet in length and three stories high; behind this are the kitchens and other offices; then comes the large dining hall, which has a pulpit at the end of it, and also serves as a Chapel; and beyond this is the large kitchen garden.

A fever ward has lately been erected at the rear of the premises.  There are several courts or airing-yards.  The whole occupies about 4½ acres.  The Chairman of the Board of Guardians is Daniel Sykes, Esq., of Kirk Ella; Deputy Chairman, Thomas Sissons Esq., Jun.; Law Clerk, William Chatham, Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. W.L. Hughes; and the Workhouse master is Mr. Joseph Rowland Jessop."

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