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Abbey Priory — Main Street

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Abbey Priory — Main Street
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Attached gable-fronted two-storey former convent school, built in 1854, now in use as school. Attached to medieval abbey to south. With box-bay window to west elevation. Two-bay north elevation with lower single-bay single-storey block to east. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone copings, carved cross finial to west gable, cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with cut limestone pilasters to corners and cut limestone stringcourse. Paired trefoil-headed openings to north elevation divided by mullions and transoms and having carved limestone surrounds. Trefoil-headed lancet openings to west elevation with stained glass windows and carved chamfered limestone surrounds. Trefoil opening to west gable with carved chamfered limestone surround. Square-headed openings to box bay window with fixed pane windows and carved limestone continuous sill course.

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