Sampson Kempthorne (1809-1873) was a workhouse architect. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A workhouse, colloquially known as a spike was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction He began practicing in Carlton Chambers on Regent Street in London. Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London 's West End. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. His father was a friend of the Poor Law Commissioner Thomas Frankland Lewis which may have helped him to get the commission to build workhouses. The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administrate poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis 1st Baronet ( 14 May 1780 – 22 January 1855) was a British Poor Law Commissioner.
Kempthorne came up with two designs - the square plan and the hexagonal or "Y" plan - both contained sections for the different types of inmates (men, women, boys, girls, infirm). The space between different wings was used to provide areas where inmates could exercise - segregated from the other groups.
Workhouses he designed include:
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