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Rushbrooke Convent — Cobh

orphanage/children's home
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Rushbrooke Convent — Cobh
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Detached eight-bay two-storey with dormer attic former orphanage, built c. 1885, comprising gabled projecting two-bay block and recessed six-bay block with entrance. Now in use as children's home. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, gabled dormers and eaves brackets. Rendered walls with decorative render surround to entrance door and having statue set on plinth to projecting bay. Round-headed and square-headed openings having timber sliding sash windows and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed door opening with pair of timber glazed door and overlight.

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