Amersham Workhouse in Whielden Street was designed by the renowned architect George Gilbert Scott and built in 1838/9 in the Tudor style.
It was built in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which obliged parishes to form a “Union” to build a workhouse. This was to replace the smaller work or poor-houses which until then had been the responsibility of each individual parish.
Though it started life as a workhouse, it then became part of Amersham Hospital, and is now luxury apartments.
A history of Amersham: https://amzn.to/3jYQuju
