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Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine — BARRYSTOWN

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Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine — BARRYSTOWN
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Convent, established 1811, on an L-shaped plan including (east): Attached three-bay two-storey convent on a rectangular plan originally detached. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, ----. Adapted to alternative use, 1994. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having concrete capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with cut-granite "bas-relief" surround framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows; (south): Attached five-bay two-storey convent, dated 1871, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Vacated, ----. Renovated, 1994, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, coping to gables with chimney stacks now missing, and uPVC rainwater goods on chevron- or saw tooth-detailed red brick eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Catholic Church of Saint Mary and Saint Augustine.

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