Abstract: The Workhouse Drawings collection contains a representative sample of drawings, plans, and documents drawn from the Irish Architecture Archive's Workhouse Collection. The Workhouse Collection (reference 85/138) in the Irish Architectural Archive includes surviving drawings for workhouses built in Ireland to provide relief for the poor. Built between 1839 and 1847, the workhouses were designed in a Tudor domestic idiom by architect George Wilkinson. Occasionally drawings are accompanied by other documents including the standard printed specification or, more rarely, items of correspondence. Many are in extremely poor condition and their extreme fragility precludes public access. This online collection provides access to drawings and documents relating to the Mallow, Castleblayney, Lismore, and Gorey workhouses. The drawings for Mallow Workhouse may be considered a representative set of the surviving drawings for the Tudor style workhouses built by Wilkinson. The majority of the drawings were produced mechanically (engraved and printed). The inclusion of drawings from Castleblayney, Lismore, and Gorey, in addition to those of Mallow, ensures that this online collection includes samples of each printed drawing.
Dynamic map showing the locations of workhouses in Ireland. Includes information on the current status of the building or if the building no longer exists. Links to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage record for the building are included where available.
Workhouse Drawings Collection is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The original work is in the public domain
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