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Saint Brigid's Convent — Kilbeggan Road

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Saint Brigid's Convent — Kilbeggan Road
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Detached five-bay two-storey convent, built in 1862, with projecting gable-fronted end bays, three-stage bell tower to east and extension to rear. Set within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with tooled stone plinth and rendered eaves and string courses. Segmental-headed window openings with stone sills to front elevation. Square-headed window openings also to front. Pointed-arched window with rendered surround to side elevation. Timber sash windows throughout. Pointed-arched door opening with tooled stone surround and rendered hoodmoulding. Replacement timber door with overlight and sidelights. Red and yellow brick arches to lights. Statue of Saint Mary surmounted on tooled stone corbelled plinth and flanked by pilasters to first floor. Site bounded by roughcast rendered walls with smooth plinth and stone coping. Cast- and wrought-iron gates.

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