 It was a H-shaped red brick building of two storeys with attics.Construction of the building cost £10,000, accommodate 400 inmates and was built between Workhouse Lane (now Lower Crescent) and Pesthouse Lane (which led to an isolation hospital) standing adjacent to the site of the Barham Picnic area.The Bosmere and Claydon Union Workhouse building was demolished in 1963 ending the 198-year history.