1840 – Gywn’s Institution, Brooke Park, Derry
Architect: Samuel Jackman
John Gwyn was a local businessman,
1856 – Protestant Orphan Society Hall, Limerick
Architect: William Fogerty
Published in The Builder, January 19,
1862 – Asylum of Merchant Seamen’s Orphans, Snaresbrook, London
Architect: George Somers Leigh Clarke
From The Building News,
1867 – St. Saviour’s Orphanage, Little Denmark Street, Dublin
A chapel existed here since 1780. When the Church of St Saviour on Dominick Street was completed in 1861,
1868 – Mount St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Harte & Stirling / O’Neill & Byrne
The Convent of Mercy opened June 9th 1868 with a later extension by Harte &
1868 – St. Michael’s Orphanage for Girls, Bletchingley, Sussex
Architect: Edward Welby Pugin
Constructed through the generosity of the Dowager Duchess of Leeds between 1865-68;
1868 – Warehousemen and Clerks’ Orphan Schools, Manchester
Architect: Ernest Bates
Formed as The Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks’
1871 – Design for St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, Belgium
Architect: E. Carpentier
Published in The Building News, October 27 1871
1874 – Phillipson Memorial Orphanage For Boys, Newcastle upon Tyne
Architect: George T. Redmayne
1874 – Seaman’s Orphanage, Newsham Park, Liverpool
Architect: Alfred Waterhouse
The Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution was established in order to provide care and education for the many Liverpool children who lost families at sea.
