1774 – Clifton House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert Mylne / Robert Joy
Built in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society, the building was used until the late 1880’s as Belfast’s Poor House.
Built in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society, the building was used until the late 1880’s as Belfast’s Poor House.
Built as the city hospital in 1774, and now an outreach campus for Queens University Belfast.
In 1773 the Limerick county and city Grand Juries came together with a budget of 500 pounds to build a poorhouse on land donated by the local Bishop.
The house built for Richard Wingfield, the third Viscount Powerscourt was designed by Richard Cassels. It was built at a cost of £80,000 in 1771-4.