Circular relating to the windows for the new workhouses, Ireland


Circular from the Architects' Office, Poor Law Commission Office to clerks of works about the fitting of windows and instructions on keeping a notebook of 'every matter relating to the Building of a unsatisfactory nature'. This circular is from the documents relating to Castleblayney Workhouse.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing for doors with ventilators over to cells of idiot wards


Printed elevation, section and plan of door, with 'observations'. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: section on line C.D on ground plan


Printed section through central section of main block. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Castleblaney Union Workhouse: list of the several locks, hinges, and window fastenings, forwarded to the above workhouse


As the printed specification had stipulated, these ironmongery elements were sourced and supplied centrally from Wilkinson's office. The list is divided into the following sections: Ledged and Sparred Doors, Doors to Store Rooms, Carpenter's Patent Locks, Stock Locks, Drawback Locks, Norfolk Thumb Latches, Bolts. Castleblayney Union Workhouse is now part of St. Mary's Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: drawing for windows no. 1


"Drawing shewing general construction of the window frames and cast Iron lights. The Windows which are of different sizes to the one shewn are to have the construction similar, the lights to be calculated for size". Printed drawing with inside and outside elevations of window, plans above and below transom, section and full size details. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Circular relating to external doors


Circular from the Architects' Office, Poor Law Commission Office to clerks of works about the laying of flagging inside external doors and other details about the construction of external doors. This circular is from the documents relating to Castleblayney Workhouse.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: detail for dormer window


Printed drawing showing plan and elevation of timber structure of dormer window, front and side elevations of finished exterior of dormer windows, plans of window above and below transom, half- and full-size details. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Union Workhouses Ireland: drawing for construction of washing trays


Printed elevation, section and plan, with notes, for washing trays in laundry. This drawing is from the documents relating to Mallow Workhouse. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: one pair plan


First floor plan of two-storey elements (entrance, main block and infirmary) with roof-timber and roof plans of single storey elements (dining block/chapel and wings to infirmary). Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Castleblaney Union Workhouse: section on line I.K on ground plan


Hand-drawn sections through dining hall/chapel. Castleblayney Union Workhouse is now part of St. Mary's Hospital.

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Castleblaney Union Workhouse: section on line G-H on ground plan


Hand-drawn sections through laundry. Castleblayney Union Workhouse is now part of St. Mary's Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing for Ventilators &c., over stairs &c. &c. 4 feet square (on plan)


Printed drawing showing plan above and below sills, with section. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing for entrance door to front entrance building


Printed elevation and plan of door. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing (A) for entrance door to master house


Printed elevation, section and plans of upper (glazed) and lower (panelled) areas of door, with full-size section of glazing bar in upper area. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: pattern of gable boards for infirmary building


Printed elevation showing 'Pattern of Gable Boards (to be in one width) for Infirmary Building'. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: sections on line G.H and line I.K on ground plan


Hand-drawn sections through dining hall/chapel (GH) and laundry (IK). Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Gorey Union Workhouse: details for brickwork &c to doors and windows entrance front


Full-size profile of bricks for string course and label molding over door and windows at front entrance.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing shewing the manner of constructing the vaults and cesspools for privies


Printed elevations and plans showing 'manner of construction' of 'Privies between Idiots Yards and Men and Women's Yards', 'Privies at rere of the Infirmary buildings', 'Cesspool under Dead House' and 'Cesspools in Boys and Girls Yards'. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: ground plan


Ground plan of full workhouse including external walls, yards, and entrance, main, dining/chapel and infirmary blocks. Locations of cesspits and tanks are noted. Drawings added later (see related item). Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing for cast iron ventilators


Printed front elevation and section for sliding iron vents in walls. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Particulars of the fittings to be provided for the Castleblaney Union Workhouse


Particulars of fixtures for Castleblayney Workhouse. Material is listed under the following headings: Rail &c. for Bedsteads, Grates and Stoves, Iron Boilers, Dressers, Water Works, Baths, Painting (of letters on doors), and Shelves. Castleblayney Union Workhouse is now part of St. Mary's Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse: drawing for Board Room chimney piece


Plan and elevation of chimney piece for board room. Hand drawn copy drawing. Pin-holes evident. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Mallow Union Workhouse Ireland: drawing for 6ft square ventilators over staircases in wings of main building


Printed drawing showing plan, plan of roof, section and elevation on one sheet of ventilation turrets over main staircases. Includes whether vane to be made of 'strong copper'. Mallow Union Workhouse is now Mallow General Hospital.

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Correspondence


Note to a Mr Stuart requesting that he inspect a ventilator at Mallow 'which admits rain & ascertain the cause' and that he mark on the ground plan 'the exact arrangement of all the steps and inclines to the fronts of the Doorways' and the exact locations of drains. This note is from the documents relating to Mallow Workhouse.

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