Towcester Town in Drawings

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Towcester Town in Drawings


The Union Workhouse	The Chain Gate

The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 placed Towcester at the head a union of 23 neighbouring parishes and resulted in the building of the Union Workhouse. Designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, the distinguished Victorian architect, to accommodate 200 inmates, it has recently been rescued from demolition and converted into a private residential estate fittingly named Gilbert Scott Court.

The Chain Gate, built in 1824, was designed in the classical style as fitting entrance to Easton Neston House and Park. Today it serves as the main entrance to Towcester Racecourse and bookies and punters now pass under the Roman archway which is supported by Corinthian columns and flanked with colonnades and gatehouses.

This page is from the Towcester and District Local History Society website.
Section last updated on 29th March 2004