competition for County Lunatic Asylum, Derby, England, 1844

Location: 
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Architect: 
Henry Duesbury, of London, "...late of the firm of Lee & Duesbury"
Client or Owner: 
County of Derby
Type of Content: 
Letter to the Editor regarding 79 designs submitted in this competition, with First Premium awarded to H. Duesbury; followed by Letter to the Editor complaining of favouritism in selection of an architect; + 5 additional Letters with complaints of unfairness
Length of Article: 
300 w.; + 600 w.; + 5 additional Letters to the Editor 1,650 w.; + another Letter 1,000 w
Source: 
The Builder, Vol. 2, 29 June 1844, p. 329; and 14 July 1844, p. 353; and 20 July 1844, p. 365; + 27 July 1844, p. 377
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