Carlow Union Workhouse elevation view

Wilkinson also prepared an Elevation view of the Carlow Workhouse which featured in the Poor Law Commissioners Report of 1841.

Elevation of Carlow Union Workhouse

Architectural drawing showing elevation of the Carlow Union Workhouse by George Wilkinson, 1841. The drawing is appended to the Seventh Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for 1841. It shows three-storey main block with two-storey wings and ground floor colonade detail. Two square towers are also visible with window detail on visible flanks. The Union Workhouse which was operational by the mid 1840's was designed to house 800 inmates.

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Elevation of Carlow Union Workhouse
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Elevation of Carlow Union Workhouse

Architectural drawing showing elevation of the Carlow Union Workhouse by George Wilkinson, 1841. The drawing is appended to the Seventh Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for 1841. It shows three-storey main block with two-storey wings and ground floor colonade detail. Two square towers are also visible with window detail on visible flanks. The Union Workhouse which was operational by the mid 1840's was designed to house 800 inmates.

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The view is of the west front, from the Kilkenny Road. It shows the proposed main building flanked by two identical wings. The central block is three-storey while those on the sides are on two floors. Twin towers show above the central block positioned at either end. Some colonnade detail is to be seen at ground floor level and the architect also makes reference to some detail for iron railings.

The windows in the main building display the Palladian style with round-headed archways flanked on either side by narrower panels. The windows feature mullioned glazing. On the upper floor of the main block can be found a row of triple paned low-rise windows. Doorways are not clearly indicated on this elevation drawing.

The drawing of the Workhouse measured 6.9 x 15.7 inches and was lithographed by Standidge and Company of London.