Survey Data
Reg No
22830110
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Waterford Fever Hospital
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1795 - 1800
Coordinates
261017, 111579
Date Recorded
13/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of fever hospital, dated 1799, including: Gateway with dragged cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement wrought iron gate. Set in rendered screen with rendered pilasters on plinths supporting ogee-detailed cornice on frieze below blocking course.
Appraisal
A gateway surviving as an interesting relic of the Waterford Fever Hospital complex following the demolition (----) of the fever hospital described (1837) as 'the first institution of the kind in Ireland and the second in the united empire...supported by subscription and city and Grand Jury presentments [and] capable of admitting 150 patients for whose accommodation it possesses every requisite convenience [including] two attending physicians with salaries of £40 each and one resident apothecary with a salary of £84' (Lewis 1837 II, 693-4).