Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, MILLSTREET, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. CORK, MILLSTREET, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850p-1852a
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £5,950. Cost of fittings &c.: £1,215. Accommodation for 600. First admissions 1852.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.49 (not available for consultation on account of extremely fragile condition); B 8, 10 Aug 1850, 376; 6th Report by Poor Law Commissioners (1852-53), 84; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 262