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Church of the Holy Trinity MIDFORD ROAD Odd Down. Chapel to former Union Workhouse. Opened April 1846, designed by GP Manners, built by John Plass.

The Bath Union Workhouse opened in 1838, amalgamating a series of parish-based poorhouses. It had its own chapel which has the year 1846 in stone above the western door. The foundation stone for the chapel was laid on 8 Feb 1843, it finally opened in 1846. John Plass, an inmate of the workhouse, was responsible for placing every stone.