Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: CARROLL, SINCLAIR *
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1840-41
Nature: SC contractor for same.
Refs: Information from Lynda Fitzgerald, great-great-great granddaughter of Sinclair Carroll,  Nov 2007.

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1841A
Nature: New. Cost of building: £7100. Cost of fittings &c.: £1727. Accommodation for 1000. Completed 14 Dec 1841. First admissions 16 Dec 1841
Refs: Michael H. Gould, The Workhouses of Ulster (UAHS, 1983), 23; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 262

Name: WATSON, WILLIAM JAMES
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1872
Nature: Drainage and other works. Tender of Wheelan & Rantin (£1080) accepted.
Refs: IB 14, 15 Jan 1872, 32

Name: BROWN, JOHN [2]
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1901
Nature: Rebuilding
Refs: IB 43, 23 May,13 Aug,10 Oct,7 Nov 1901, 735,845,930; B 81, 16 Nov 1901, 449 (advertisement for tender)