Stow Lodge is in East of England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1926°, 0.9735°.

Gardens · East of England

Stow Lodge

Stow Lodge — a garden in england-east, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Stow Lodge is a garden of interest in england-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Stow Lodge is a listed building in the parish of Onehouse in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Constructed in 1781 as Union Work House, a House of Industry for the 14 parishes of the Stow Hundred, it was subsequently used as a hospital and is now residential flats.

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History

The establishment of Houses of Industry, commonly known as workhouses, was enabled by the Workhouse Test Act 1722 to offer indoor relief to the poor. Stow Incorporation was established by the Stow, Suffolk (Poor Relief) Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3. c. 35) and was formed of the parishes of Buxhall, Combs, Creeting St. Peter, Great Finborough, Little Finborough, Harleston, Haughley, Old Newton, Onehouse, Shelland, Stow Upland, Stowmarket, and Wetherden. Plans were approved for the construction of Union Workhouse in 1779 and it was completed in 1781 at a cost of £1,200. According to White's Directory for Suffolk of 1844 it was described in 1810 as having "more the appearance of a gentleman's seat than…

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