HSE Union Workhouse at St. Finbarr’s Hospital
Union Workhouse at St. Finbarr’s Hospital
Refurbishment of a protected structure in Cork’s St. Finbarr’s Hospital.
In addition to their architectural significance, these buildings are also of great historical and social significance and a reminder of a very difficult period of Irish history. The hospital has its origins in the Cork Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and completed in 1841. A large three-story block was added to the north of the site. The facility became the Cork District Hospital in 1898 and later became the Cork County Home and Hospital. It was designated by ministerial order as responsible for the treatment of medical, surgical, and maternity cases, and cases of infectious and contagious diseases in 1923.
The project involves the demolition of the existing rear annex, strip out the existing building, removal of internal plaster to expose existing stone in places, new lime render internally, making good and repointing of existing stone façade, installation of new stairs, fit out of building into office space,
construction of the new rear annex, all services installation and soft/hard landscaping to the rear as per the architect’s drawings.
Value: Approx €860,000
Completion: 2021