Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ROSCOMMON, STROKESTOWN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, STROKESTOWN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850-52
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £6,500. Cost of fittings &c.: £1,075. Accommodation for 600. First admissions 1852.
Refs: Drawings l in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.70 (also drawings for fever hospital, not available for consultation on account of extremely fragile condition); B 8, 5 Oct 1850, 473; 

6th Report of Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland (1852), 84;  John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 263


Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, STROKESTOWN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1862
Nature: New fever hospital to be built.
Refs: DB 4, 1 Aug 1862, 199