Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, BALLINCOLLIG, GUNPOWDER MILLS

Name: WILKS, CHARLES #
Building: CO. CORK, BALLINCOLLIG, GUNPOWDER MILLS
Date: ?
Nature: Built by Mr Leslie 'some years ago' and purchased from him by Government, which has greatly extended them at cost of £2,000 or £3,000. Improvements still [1810] being made (Beaufort). Expansion 'designed and implemented' by CW (Rynne).
Refs: Plans, 1806, 1811, in NA/PRO (Kew), MPH 1/206/6, MPH 1/844/1,2;  Journal of the Rev. D.A. Beaufort, 1810;  Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs  (1999),151-156.