1804 – Fever Hospital & House of Recovery, Cork St., Dublin

Constructed 1801-1804, as a Fever Hospital and House of Recovery. The House of Recovery was converted in 1881 by Sandham Symes into the Dublin Convalescent Home. The original hospital consisted of two parallel brick buildings, 80 by 30 feet, three stories high, connected by a colonnade of 116 feet. The eastern range was used for fever, the western for convalescent patients, in order to keep the patients separated. An additional building, much larger than these, was added in 1814, by which the hospital was rendered capable of containing 240 beds.

In 1903 the James Weir Home for Nurses was erected on the opposite side of the street to provide accommodation for up to 50 fever nurses working at the Fever Hospital. After services were transferred to the Cherry Orchard Hospital in Ballyfermot, the old Cork Street Fever Hospital closed in November 1953. The old hospital was renamed Brú Chaoimhín and converted into a nursing home.