Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TIPPERARY, NENAGH, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, NENAGH, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1842a;;1852
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building £8,320. Cost of fittings &c: £1,580. Accommodation for 1,000. First admissions 28 Apr 1842. New fever hospital building in progress, May 1847. St John's Hospital converted into auxiliary workhouse, 1852.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.58; B 10, 13 Mar 1852, 172; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 244,262