Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, BANTRY, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. CORK, BANTRY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1845a
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £6,850. Cost of fittings, &c.:£1,350. Accommodation for 800. First admissions, 24 Apr 1845. New fever hospital open by May 1847.
Refs: Drawings for workhouse and fever hospital in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc.85/138.9,10 (not available for consultation on account of extremely fragile condition); John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 240,259