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Convent of the Good Shepherd — Irish Town

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Convent of the Good Shepherd — Irish Town
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Archival Description [Demolished 2015]: Detached seven-bay two-storey industrial school, built 1860, on a quadrangular plan; seven-bay two-storey parallel block (east). Closed, 1967. In alternative use, 2005. Damaged, 2006. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (east) on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Pointed segmental-headed window openings (east) centred on square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows centred on two-over-two timber sash window having one-over-one sidelights (ground floor). Set in grounds shared with Convent of the Good Shepherd.

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