Image ID: 11276

School Room, Southwell Baptist Chapel, Nottingham Road, Southwell, 1980

Courtesy of Reg Baker

Moor Lane (now Nottingham Road)
Southwell
England

View looking north-west; school room was in use for services whilst the chapel was being altered at the time of the photograph. Formerly a parish workhouse for 84 inmates; erected on the east side of Moor Lane in Southwell in 1808. It was designed by the Revd John T Becher in association with a local architect, believed to be Richard Ingleman. Becher published the plan of the workhouse in 1828 in his book 'The Anti-pauper System'. After the formation of the Southwell Poor Law Union in 1836 and the construction of a new workhouse ('Greet House' - now restored by the National Trust, see NCCE001847), the building seen here was converted into a Baptist chapel. Text courtesy of Peter Higginbotham - www.workhouses.org.uk. The building has a date in Roman Numerals of 1839 above a door.

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