orphanages

1840 – Gywn’s Institution, Brooke Park, Derry

John Gwyn was a local businessman, who was born near Muff in County Donegal in 1754.

1856 – Protestant Orphan Society Hall, Limerick

Published in The Builder, January 19, 1856. Two storey collegiate gothic orphanage now converted into offices.

1862 – Asylum of Merchant Seamen’s Orphans, Snaresbrook, London

From The Building News, October 31, 1862: The Asylum of the Merchant Seamen’s Orphans is an institution founded for the support and education of the children of deceased and shipwrecked marines,

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; the location was originally known as Bletchingley Farm,

1868 – Warehousemen and Clerks’ Orphan Schools, Manchester

Architect: Ernest Bates

Formed as The Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks’ Orphan Schools in 1855, moved to this site in 1869,

1871 – 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.

1875 – Walrond Memorial Smack Boys Home & Fishermans Institute , Great Yarmouth, Suffolk

Architect: J.T. Bottle

The Walrond Memorial Smack Boys’ Home and Fishermen’s Institute, on the Ballast quay, was erected in 1875: it contains all the necessary appliances for securing the comfort and accommodation of smack boys when ashore: the buildings are of a Gothic character,