 It appears to have had a large H-shaped main building with a number of other smaller ancillary buildings.Records indicate that the workhouse could accommodate 800  souls although in 1876 there were only 51 people there; however, the highest number staying there between 1866 and 1876 was 116 in January 1869.Other records show that the annual salaries bill for the officers and those who worked at the Union Workhouse was £293.