Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, NEW ROSS, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. WEXFORD, NEW ROSS, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1842a;1847;1851
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £7,600. Cost of fittings: £1,550. Accommodation for 900. First admissions 6 Jul 1841. New fever hospital building open and additional ward in course of construction, May 1847. Adds., 1851.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.60; B 9, 1 Feb 1851, 77 John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 244,262

Name: RYAN, JOHN A.
Building: CO. WEXFORD, NEW ROSS, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1910
Nature: Drainage and waterworks to new sanitary and kitchen annexes. Tenders invited Mar 1910. Cost: £3,500.Contractors: Blake, N Gt George's St (drainage and waterworks); A. Cullen (building).
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 17 Mar 1910;  Irish Times, 17 Mar 1910; IB 52, 30 Apr 1910, 274.