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orphanage/children's home — Clare Street

orphanage/children's home
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orphanage/children's home — Clare Street
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Detached thirteen-bay three-storey (twelve-bay to rear) former orphanage, built c. 1890, now partly in use by the health board. Hipped artificial slate roof with replacement metal rainwater goods on eaves course. Rendered walls. Camber-headed chamfered window openings throughout. Rendered sills and boarded up to second floor. Same to first floor with continuous sill course and running hood moulding forming semi-circle over each opening covering two round-headed windows to west end with cross to recessed panel. Recessed round-headed arches to ground floor with openings as above, and some six-over-six timber sash windows and some uPVC windows. Projecting render door surround to north below two round-headed windows with round-headed door openings also blocked up. Car park to front and rear with attached later two-storey building.Rubble-stone wall to rear with modern wings and steel gates.

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