Originally the Northampton Union Workhouse was built in 1836 to house up to 300 inmates.
A male infirmary was added in 1869, the school in 1872, a smallpox hospital in 1882 and a nurses home in 1897.
After the workhouse was taken over by the Northampton Borough Council in 1930 the Infirmary was renamed St Edmund’s Hospital.
Various additions were built over the decades including a maternity unit that was used during WW2 as an emergency maternity unit for pregnant evacuees. However, the stigma of the workhouse lasted and the elderly were often upset to be cared for there.
It continued to be a fully functioning hospital until its closure in 1998.
It was purchased by private developers and plans were agreed to turn the buildings into flats and apartments. However, this seems to be very much on a stop-start, as money allows, kind of venture and currently there is no work taking place.
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At least this one’s still looking like a building
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I can see my old room from up here 
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