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30 kwi 1996 · Images & Books. Find Photos. Volume: St Martin's Hospital, formerly Bath Union Workhouse. Date: 20 Dec 1836 - 30 Apr 1996. Location: St Martins Hospital, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset. Show all locations. Reference: BF101257. Type: Volume containing Photographic, Graphic, Textual and Miscellaneous material. Not what you're looking for?
St Martin's Hospital, Midford Road, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset. The workhouse was built in 1836-8 to a Y-shaped design by Sampson Kempthorne on a site to the south of the city. It was designed to accommodate 600 people from the new Bath Union, set up after the passing of the 1834 Poor Law Act.
Pages in category "Churches in Bath, Somerset". The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The ecclesiastical parishes within the Diocese of Bath and Wells cover the majority of the English county of Somerset and small areas of Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the city of Wells in Somerset.
Chapel of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.
Workhouse Chapel. The Bath Union Workhouse opened in 1838, amalgamating a series of parish-based poorhouses. It had its own chapel which has the year 1846 in stone above the western door. The foundation stone for the chapel was laid on 8 Feb 1843, it finally opened in 1846.
The importance of the site is that the buildings were formerly part of the Bath Union Workhouse built in 1837-8 and are Grade II listed. The workhouse was designed by Sampson Kempthorne and had a hexagonal outer range and a y shaped inner block of radial wings with a central supervisory hub.
