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South Abbey National School

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South Abbey National School
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Freestanding gable-fronted Church of Ireland chapel of ease, built 1817, having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed porch with pinnacles to north-east and south-east corners to east elevation, four-bay nave elevations, square-plan tower to west elevation and circular-plan projections with pinnacles to north-east and south-east corners. Was in use as school, but now is used as parish hall. Pitched roof with rendered crenellations. Rendered walls with cruciform incisions to circular-plan projections and buttresses dividing bays to side elevations. Pointed arch opening to east elevation with render surround, carved limestone Y-tracery and transoms and aluminium windows. Pointed arch openings to side elevations with timber windows having timber Y-tracery. Four-centred arch opening to east elevation of porch with square-headed render surround and timber windows.

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