1774 – Clifton House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Built in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society, the building was used until the late 1880’s as Belfast’s Poor House.
Built in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society, the building was used until the late 1880’s as Belfast’s Poor House.
Designed to replace the city`s overcrowded poorhouase, the new workhouse of 1841 was designed by George Wilkinson on an 11-acre site to the north-west of the city.
With accommodation for 900, and costing £7807, Monaghan Union was completed in April 1842 with its first admissions a month later on May 25 1842.
Completed 15 November 1842. First admissions 23 February 1843. Total Cost of building and fittings £6,957,
Constructed between 1840 and 1844 at a cost of over £10,000. First admissions 18 November 1844,
Birds Eye Perspective View including plan & Vignette of Interior Dining Room as published in The Building News January 23rd 1880.
“With this number we publish the perspective view of the design for the new buildings at Cabra,
Published in The Building Newsm March 13th 1885. In 1881 plans were drawn up by H.H.
Front Perspective including Plan as published in The Building News, March 27th 1885. Older parts of the workhouse have now been demolished but the infirmary and several surviving peripheral buildings became part of Sandwell Hospital,