1844 – Carlow Union Workhouse, Carlow
Constructed between 1840 and 1844 at a cost of over £10,000. First admissions 18 November 1844,
Constructed between 1840 and 1844 at a cost of over £10,000. First admissions 18 November 1844,
“With this number we publish the perspective view of the design for the new buildings at Cabra,
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.
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,
Rear Perspective View Birds Eye View, including Plans published in The Building News, August 20th 1886.
Birds Eye View, including plans as published in The Building News, September 17th 1886.
Published in The Building News, August 27th 1886. Never constructed. The Mildenhall Poor Law Union later built a new workhouse in 1894-5.
Very similar in design to the nearby Lambeth workhouse by the same architect. According to workhouses.org.uk: “The buildings consisted of a central administration block which also contained separate dining rooms for males and females,