Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1841A
Nature: New. Cost of building: £4835. Cost of fittings &c.: £1035. Accommodation for 600. Completed 21 Dec 1841. First admissions 4 Jan 1842.
Refs: Michael H. Gould, The Workhouses of Ulster (UAHS, 1983), 21(illus.),23; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 262

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850
Nature: Extension for 500 children.
Refs: 3rd Report of Commissioners for Administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland (1850), 78