Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM

Name: SMYTH, HENRY
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1865-1869;1880-83
Nature: New district lunatic asylum for 150 males and 150 females. Contractor: F. & P. McGaughey, Omagh. Estimated cost: £43,174. Actual cost: £60,000, of which 'the Co. Antrim is to pay back £23,295, being the amount of their interest in the asylum'. Opened 1869. Adds. providing accommodation for a further 120 males, 1880-1883
Refs: Drawings for additions, 1883, in NA, OPW drawings collection; B 20, 4 Oct 1862, 724; 22, 13 Aug,17 Sep 1864, 605,690; 23, ? ? 1865, 197; 24, 24 Feb 1866, 139-140; DB 6, 15 Jul 1864, 144; 7, 15 Mar 1865, 82; IB 12, 15 Aug 1870, 191; 25, 15 Mar 1883, 93(illus.),98; 45th Report on…Lunatic Asylums (1896), 14;

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1865-69
Nature: Francis McGaughey, Omagh, declared contractor for sum of £43,174. 'Mr Wilkinson is the architect'.(But architect named as Henry Smyth elsewhere.) GW did however act as valuator for determining amount to be paid to Co. Down by Co. Antrim as result of Co. Down building separate asylum instead of sharing joint premises in Belfast as previously.
Refs: B 23, 11 Mar 1865, 170; 12, 15 Aug 1870, 191

Name: COWAN, PETER CHALMERS
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1896
Nature: Additions & alterations to be undertaken (extension of female hospital and new block for acute cases)
Refs: 43rd Rport on…Lunatic Asylums (1894), 14; Architect 52, 1 Mar 1895, suppl. p.12; IB 38, 15 May, 15 Jun 1896, 106,133

Name: WATT (GRAEME) & TULLOCH
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1902-1904
Nature: Adds. & alts. including new service building, Alts & adds.incl. additional male & female blocks, dining hall, farm buildings.
Refs: IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1526; 45, 1,15 Jan,26 Mar,7 May,4 Jun 1903, 1542,1556,1658,1742,1750,1814; 46, 27 Feb 1904, 122

Name: HERON, JAMES [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1902;1907;1909
Nature: Iron isolation hospital, 1902; sewage purification & disposal, 1907; new waterworks scheme (by 'R. Heron, CE'), 1909.
Refs: IB 43, 10 Apr 1902, 1108; 49, 21 Sep 1907, 670; 51, 6 Mar 1909, 154; IB 58, 5 Aug 1916, 373(illus. of water tower in advertisement); 52nd Report on…Lunatic Asylums (1903), 550