Sixth Form College, part of Penistone Grammar School, which took over the site in 1893. The building was built in 1859 as the Penistone Union Workhouse. The Penistone Union was formed on 27th July 1849 as a result of the 1834 amendment to the Poor Laws. This Law amendment was intended to end money or food being given to the unemployed whilst they stayed within their own homes. The workhouse was seen as a way to encourage able-bodied men into work. (see Higgingbotham 2000). The site continued as a workhouse with gradually improving conditions into the 20th century. In 1930 the running of the site was taken over by West Riding County Council and it continued as a Public Assistance Institution. In 1948 it became an old peoples home which remained till 1974 when it was obtained by the local education authority. There is very good survival of the original institutional buildings. The previous enclosed landscape doesn’t survive much but the edges of the institution do respect the earlier enclosure giving fragmentary legibility.