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North Presentation Convent — Gerald Griffin Street

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North Presentation Convent — Gerald Griffin Street
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Attached eight-bay double-height single-storey school, dated 1871, now disused. Built on a rectangular plan in the Italianate style with double-gabled section to front (west) elevation springing from moulded render brackets. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack, timber bargeboards to gables and cast-iron gutters on bracketed overhanging eaves. Smooth rendered walls with roughcast render to lower section and smooth render continuous sill course. Date plaque to gabled section. Square-headed window openings in moulded render surrounds with splayed sills to north two bays and six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed openings to centre in moulded render surrounds having keystones and six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with fanlights. Square-headed doorway to centre under round-headed window opening with four-panelled timber double doors. Street-fronted. Attached to gate to convent grounds to rear.

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