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Coláiste Iósaef — Limerick Road

convent/nunnery
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Coláiste Iósaef — Limerick Road
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Freestanding seven-bay two-storey former convent, begun in 1931, with canted projecting end bays and gable-fronted portico to front (south) elevation. Two-storey extension to rear (north) and full-height portico to west elevation. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks with wrought-iron cross finials to projecting bays and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render plinth course and inscribed limestone plaques to front and west elevation. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Those to ground floor having round-headed render surrounds. Round-headed openings to projecting bays, first floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to projecting bay, west elevation, ground floor having stained glass widow. Square-headed opening with quarry glazed overlight over timber panelled double-leaf doors with flanking quarry glazed sidelights. Flight of curved limestone steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates and rendered boundary walls to south-west.

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