Skiddy's Almshouse
| Skiddy's Almshouse | |
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County Cork | |
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 The Arcade | |
| Type: | Almshouses |
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| Grid reference: | W67357243 |
| Location: | 51°54’12"N, 8°28’31"W |
| City: | Cork |
| History | |
| Built 1718 - 1719 | |
| Almshouses | |
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Skiddy's Almshouse is the oldest inhabited building in the city of Cork,[1] in County Cork. Built began in 1718 and was completed in 1719.
It was the second almshouse built using a bequest from Stephen Skiddy for the city's poor, either Roman Catholic or Church of Ireland.[2] The first building, located near North Gate Bridge, was replaced by the end of 1718 following complaints of its being a poor source for fresh air and being too narrow. Skiddy left an annual payment for his Almshouse to be made in his will in 1584. This annual payment began when Skiddy's wife died in 1606. The payment is made to this day by The Vintners Federation in London to Skiddy's charity. [3] The Almshouse was also funded by Roger Bettridge when he wrote it in his will in 1717.
The Almshouse was built on a corner of the mediæval Saint Mary's Churchyard, the building was once part of a campus including the Green Coat Hospital and School. The other buildings were demolished in the 1950s. The Almshouse was saved from demolition by the Cork Preservation Society in the 1960s with an award-winning restoration completed in 1975 by the architect Frank Murphy. In 2000, the CPS Sold the Almshouse to the Social Housing Development Company. This restoration, which saw Murphy (as architect) win an RIAI Europa Nostra award,[1] was followed by a second restoration which completed in 2005. Skiddy's Almshouse is now one of the very few surviving eighteenth-century institutional buildings in Cork.[4][5][6]
The Almshouse is an L-shaped building with a stone arcade enclosed by a ten-foot wall and a large iron gate. As of 2011, it housed 15 people.[7][8]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Skiddy Almshouse renovations". http://fmp.ie/skiddys-house/.
- ↑ Kieran McCarthy (15 September 2016). Cork City History Tour. Amberley Publishing. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-1-4456-6430-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=cfUaDQAAQBAJ&pg=PP10.
- ↑ "Skiddy's Almshouse | Cork Past & Present". http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/shandon/historicbuildingsintheshandonarea/skiddysalmshouse/.
- ↑ "Archive: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/Surveys/Buildings/BuildingoftheMonth/Archive/Name,1372,en.html.
- ↑ Bill O’Herlihy (4 May 1966). "RTÉ Archives". http://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0503/785794-skiddys-house/.
- ↑ John WINDELE (1840). Historical and Descriptive Notices of the City of Cork, etc. Bolster. pp. 86–. https://books.google.com/books?id=ILVYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA86.
- ↑ "Cork Heritage Open Day > Buildings > Skiddy's Almshouse". http://www.corkheritageopenday.ie/thebuildings/historichomes/buildings/mainbody,12174,en.html.
- ↑ Brendan Lehane (2001). The Companion Guide to Ireland. Companion Guides. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-1-900639-34-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=tJOV69cOKfUC&pg=PA237.
- "Skiddy's Alms House > Cork City & County Archives". http://www.corkarchives.ie/collections/archivesofclubssocietiestradesunionorotherprivateorganisation/skiddysalmshouse/.
- "Holdings: Skiddy's Almshouse, , Co. Cork.". http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000306790.
- Catharina Day (2006). Ireland. New Holland Publishers. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-1-86011-327-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc-d1qxTg9AC&pg=PA186.
- O'Donnell, Angela: 'The History of Skiddy's Almshouse' MPhil. Thesis 2004
- Vintners' Company:
- 'Some Notes on the History of the Vintners' Company' (London, 2001)
- 'Will Book' (Guildhall Library MS 15364, pp. 69–74)
- 'Receipts for Mr. Stephen Skidmore Legacy from October 1606 – 1665' (Guildhall Library MS 15361, FCAA/61)
- Crowley, John; Devoy, Robert; Linehan, Denis; Patrick O'Flanagan: 'Atlas of Cork city' (Cork University Press, 2005) pp. 144–5
- Conlon, Michael V.: 'Some old Cork charities', in Journal of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Cork, 1943
- Skiddy's Almshouse: Cork Past and Present
