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St Kevin's Asylum — Lee Road

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St Kevin's Asylum — Lee Road
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Detached double-pile thirty-three-bay four-storey over basement former asylum having pair of full height canted six-bay projections with gablets flanking central five-bay section, built c.1895, now disused. Full height stairwell blocks to rear. Pitched slate roofs having red chimneystacks, limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls with limestone and yellow brick string courses. Moulded terracotta string course between basement and first floor. Pointed arch openings, square-headed openings to top floor, having limestone sills, yellow brick voussoirs and multiple-pane timber sliding sash windows. Rubble limestone walls to rear elevation, with red brick dressing to openings. Disused detached five-bay two-storey house to west, having pitched slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Disused detached multiple-bay two-storey block to north-west, having central single-storey projecting bay, flanked by full-height gabled projecting bays, with projecting terminating end bays.

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