The Workhouse

The National Trust operates The Workhouse, also known as Greet House, a museum in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It first welcomed visitors in 2002. Before the New Poor Law of 1834, which resulted in the erection of workhouses all over the country, it served as the model for the 19th-century workhouse and was acknowledged by the Royal Commission on the Poor Law as the best example among the existing workhouses. It was created by the Rev. John T. Becher, a pioneer in workhouse and prison reform, and William Adams Nicholson, an architect from Southwell and Lincoln. The National Trust calls it the best-preserved workhouse in all of England.

The structure was still in use at the beginning of the 1990s, when mothers and kids were housed there temporarily. The National Trust bought it because it wanted to diversify its holdings and preserve the survival of a Grade II* listed structure that might have been converted into apartments.

The restoration process started in 2000 with roof repairs and is still ongoing. A lot of the rooms have been redecorated to look as they would have in the nineteenth century, while structures, walls, and latrines that were destroyed in the twentieth century have been rebuilt. The Workhouse is one of the most beautiful historical sites in Nottinghamshire.

Location: Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England