Oracle (workhouse)

Oracle
The Oracle in Minster Street, c.1845 by William Fox Talbot
Location within Reading Town Centre
General information
TypeWorkhouse
LocationReading, Berkshire, England
Coordinates51°27′16″N 0°58′20″W / 51.454417°N 0.972203°W / 51.454417; -0.972203
Completed1628
Demolished1850

The Oracle was a workhouse that produced cloth in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The Oracle shopping centre, which now occupies a small part of the site, takes its name from the Oracle workhouse.