Model poorhouse for town parishes in Scotland
Ground plan of a model poorhouse (the Scottish equivalent to the workhouse) for town parishes in Scotland by architects McKenzie and Matthews in 1847. The plan was based on a design they had drawn up for the Aberdeen town poorhouse. Different sections of the poorhouse are allocated to men and women, each subdivided into aged, young, and dissolute
Picture No
10424787
Media ID
47524782
Size
5018px x 5061px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Printed engraving of design by McKenzie and Matthews
Date
1847
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1847 Aberdeen Allocated Blueprint Dissolute Matthews Mckenzie Parishes Poorhouse Sections Segregated Segregation Subdivided
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