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Convent of Mercy — Main Street

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Convent of Mercy — Main Street
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Detached multiple-bay single-storey school, built c.1880, with central breakfront, and entrance porch. Hipped slate roof, pitched to breakfront and porch, with decorative red clay ridge tiles, cast-iron finials to hips and carved limestone cross finials to gables, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with render quoins to corners and to breakfront, and having render chamfered plinth. Render niche containing statue to upper gable of breakfront. Round-headed openings to porch and to breakfront, and segmental-headed elsewhere, some double, with replacement uPVC windows, render surrounds and tooled limestone sills. Segmental-headed door opening approached by flight of limestone steps, having carved timber double-leaf door with overlight. Decorative cast-iron pedestrian gate to site. Garden to north-east, between school and convent.

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