William Atkins (1811 - 1887), was an Irish architect of the Victorian era. A native of Cork, William Atkins is an architect whose fame has been lost to posterity, although in 1846 he received one of the largest public commissions in Cork city, to build the city and county asylum. This was a commission received from the Board of Works, … Wikipedia
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Sited alongside the classical St. Mary's catholic church, the priory by William Atkins is a mixture of classical and victorian institutional gothic. It may have been a Georgian house with remodelling and additions. Atkins linked his new block to the exis www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/cork/cork/st...