Ingrebourne Cottages - the former Upminster workhouse - with Ivy House on the right (c. 1910)
In 1835 major changes to the poor laws came into effect which saw Upminster was grouped with many other neighbouring parishes to form the Romford Poor Law Union, and a new workhouse for the whole area was built at Oldchurch Road, Romford. The redundant Upminster parish workhouse was sold for £356 to George Rowe (1794-1859), a local shoemaker.
Rowe converted the property into six terraced timber-framed cottages under a single tiled roof.
These still remain today, (Numbers 23-33 St Mary's Lane).
