Tipperary Union Workhouse

The saved account records: Detached workhouse complex, built 1841, with late nineteenth-century additions and ruins of many additions and outbuildings to rear.

The saved account records: Currently under renovation for range of new uses.

The saved account records: Late twentieth-century flat roofed porch to east elevation.

The saved account records: Snecked limestone walls throughout with stepped plinth, rendered to ground floor of east end of south block and to rear of east end of north block, moulded stone string course to north elevation of entrance block, coursed cut-stone buttresses to chapel.

Tipperary Union Workhouse matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This workhouse complex is particularly significant for being substantially intact. It has been enlarged successfully over the centuries to create a comprehensive group of buildings now being renovated for community uses. The high level of detail in the design creates a lively series of façades, as well as an interesting roofline. Fine craftsmanship is evident in the stone carving, and particularly in the Tudor Revival style door openings. The complex forms a significant reminder of Ireland's social history. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.