Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, BEREHAVEN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. CORK, BEREHAVEN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850-52
Nature: New workhouse Cost of buildng: £6300. cost of fittings &c. £1,240. Accommodation for 600. First admissions 1852.Contractor: J. Downing, Castletown. Supervised by D.W. Murphy, Bantry.
Refs: B 8, 21 Dec 1850, 605; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 260