PRN 64192 Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Sleaford Union was declared 5th September 1836. The Workhouse, Eastgate, on the Sleaford and Tattershall Road erected in 1838 at a cost of £4,000 and built of Ancaster stone in the tudor style from designs by William Donthorn of London and could accommodate up to 253 inmates. In 1841 there were 102 inmates, and in 1851 there were 250. {1} The new workhouse was built in 1837-8 on a site on the north side of East Gate to the north-east of Sleaford. Its construction cost £4,000. The architect was William J Donthorn who was also responsible for a number of Norfolk workhouses such as Aylsham and Freebridge Lynn. His Sleaford design was for 181 inmates and followed his characteristic Tudor style. Its foreshortened cruciform layout layout was similar to his design at Ely.{2} Sleaford Union Workhouse was erected in 1838 to the design of William Donthorne, who also designed workhouses at Ely and Oakham. The building was in a tudor style and orinally held 180 inmates. The buildings have been demolished and the site redeveloped.{3}