Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1840a
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £6200. Cost of fittings &c.: £1358. Accommodation for 800. Completed: 1 Jan 1841. First admissions 11 Feb 1841. Tender for building fever hospital accepted by May 1847.
Refs: Michael H. Gould, The Workhouses of Ulster (UAHS, 1983), 19; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 243,262

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850
Nature: Building for 300 children erected next to main block.
Refs: 3rd Report of the Commissioners for Administeriing the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland (1850), 78

Name: HENRY, WILLIAM TENNENT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1900
Nature: Heating of dining hall, clothes drying arrangements &c. for Guardians of Lisburn Workhouse.
Refs: IB 42, 1 Feb,1Mar 1900, 262,294

Name: SANDS, GEORGE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1912
Nature: Tenders invited for repairs, alts. and imps. to Workhouse and Infirmary, including new landing in infirmary, strong room, alts in Clerk's office. For Lisburn Board of Guardians.
Refs: IB 54, 16 Mar 1912, 172

Name: HUNTER, JAMES [2]
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1920-21
Nature: Structural alts., glazing, alts. & repairs to infirmary, for Board of Guardians. Tebnders invited, Jul 1920.
Refs: Irish Times, 30 Jul 1920;  IB 62, 31 Jul 1920, 502; 63, 26 Feb,13 Aug 1921, 130,550