1803 – Former Hardwicke Fever Hospital, Morning Star Ave., Dublin
“Fevers of one form or another were endemic in the city at this time and in the House of Industry epidemics were frequent and devastating.
1815 – Lower House, Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin
Architect: Francis Johnston
The Lower House is the name given to the former Richmond Asylum which opened to patients in 1814 and served over 2,000 patients at its peak.
1816 – Former Whitworth Hospital, Morning Star Ave., Dublin
“Parliament was again petitioned successfully by the Governors [of the North Union] in 1815. Two years later a plain stone building consisting of two wings,
1816 – Richmond General Penitentiary, Dublin
Architect: Francis Johnston
Designed as an alternative to transportation, the Richmond General Penitentiary was part of an experiment into a penitentiary system which also involved Millbank Penitentiary,
1840 – North Dublin Union Workhouse, Grangegorman, Dublin
Architect: Francis Johnston, William Murray, George Wilkinson
Following an Act of Parliament in 1772, a house of Industry was set up on a large site on North Brunswick Street.
1851 – Infirmaries & War Hospital, Richmond District Asylum, Dublin
Architect: William G. Murray, Murray & Denny
The Richmond War Hospital was a 32-bed establishment on the grounds of the large Richmond District Asylum in Dublin which,
1851 – St. Laurence’s Church, Grangegorman, Dublin
Architect: William G. Murray, Murray & Denny
Small church built between male and female infirmaries at the southern end of the Richmond Asylum site.
1854 – Upper House, Richmond District Lunatic Asylum, Dublin
Architect: Jacob Owen, Board of Public Works
This 1913 illustration depicts the front elevation of the Male Department of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum,
1870 – Chapel, Sisters of Charity, Stanhope Street, Dublin
Architect: George C. Ashlin
Ornate chapel in brick and stone adjacent to a range of convent buildings, some of which still exist.
1940 – Former Nurses’ Home, Grangegorman, Dublin
Architect: Vincent Kelly
Enormous nurses’ home built for St. Brendan’s Hospital in 1937-40, and further enlarged in 1949. A U-plan seventeen-bay five-storey building with eight bays on the side elevations.
