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St Luke's Court [4]
A view of one of the garden courts with the workmaster's office rising above the other buildings allowing him to oversee the inmates.
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
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 9 Mar 2020
0.01 miles
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St Luke's Court [3]
A view of one of the garden courts with the workmaster's office rising above the other buildings allowing him to oversee the inmates.
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
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 9 Mar 2020
0.01 miles
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St Luke's Court [5]
The rear 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
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 9 Mar 2020
0.02 miles
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Heron weathervane on Merlin Court, Marlborough
Located here. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5821294
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
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St Luke's Court [2]
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
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 9 Mar 2020
0.02 miles
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Marlborough's old work house
Located on the top of Marlborough Common, the buildings of some of the old Union Workhouse are still in evidence, albeit no longer with the same use. These days it is a retirement home.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 1 Jul 2025
0.02 miles
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Merlin Court, Marlborough
The name sign shows Luxury Retirement & Care Home. Residential, Dementia & Respite Care.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
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St Luke's Court [1]
A view from the common.
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
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 9 Mar 2020
0.02 miles
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Entrance to Merlin Court
Now a modern care home, the site was once an isolation hospital.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 1 Jul 2025
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St Luke's Court, Marlborough
At the edge of Marlborough Common.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 5 Jun 2018
0.03 miles