St Luke's Court [2]

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St Luke's Court [2]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 Mar 2020

The main entrance block. These Bath stone buildings are arranged in a cruciform plan around four garden courts. They were built in 1837 as Marlborough Poor Law Union workhouse, which later became a children’s convalescence hospital and school. Converted in 1998 into 21 retirement properties and now named St Luke’s Court. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243007 Marlborough is a market town on the Old Bath Road once the main road from London to Bath. The twice-weekly market is sited in High Street, one of the widest in England, lined on both sides with fine listed buildings of which the town has almost 300. There is evidence of local settlement from every period from the prehistoric to the present day. The town is home to the renowned Marlborough College. The River Kennet flows through the town

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