Skiddy's Almshouse, Cork City Ireland

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Skiddy’s Almshouse is the oldest inhabited building in the city of Cork. It was built in 1718 and finished in 1719. It was the second almshouse built using a bequest from Stephen Skiddy for the city’s poor, either Catholic or Church of Ireland. Built on a corner of the medieval 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 in the 1960s with restoration completed in 1975. A second restoration was completed in 2005. Skiddy’s Almshouse is now n Cork.T restoration of this building in 2005 won the contractor the RIAI EuropaNostraAwardforthework. 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.

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