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Kilkenny County Infirmary — John's Green

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Kilkenny County Infirmary — John's Green
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Detached seven-bay three-storey infirmary, opened 1767, on a T-shaped plan centred on three-bay three-storey pedimented breakfront with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; pair of single-bay (single-bay deep) three-storey returns centred on single-bay (single-bay deep) three-storey return (north). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Closed, 1942. Renovated, 2000, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront); pitched slate roofs (north) centred on hipped slate roof; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered red brick Running bond chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta pots with rendered chimney stacks (north) having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, pair of central rooflights to rear (north) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper-covered replacement cement rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Remodelled square-headed door opening (porch) with cut-limestone step threshold, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings centred on round-headed niche (breakfront) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds.

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