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Convent of Mercy — Headfort Place

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Convent of Mercy — Headfort Place
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Pair of detached gable-fronted three-bay two-storey schools, built 1840, now also in use as convent. Linked by screen wall with central pedimented carriage arch, with flanking carriage arches. Pitched roofs. Rendered walls with stone quoins and render plaques. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and some timber sash windows. Square-headed doorcases with console brackets supporting canopies. Limestone gate piers and cast-iron railings and gates to site.

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