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Saint Brigid's Hospital — Church Street

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Saint Brigid's Hospital — Church Street
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Attached I-plan two-storey hospital building, built c.1880, comprising eight-bay north and south blocks having two-bay entrance breakfronts, with central connecting spine, having projecting two-bay two-storey projecting block to west elevation with five-bay two-storey and two-bay two-storey projecting blocks to east elevation. Connected to main block by multiple-bay single-storey corridor block with pitched roof. Currently disused. Hipped slate roofs, having cast-iron rainwater goods and cut-stone eaves course. Lined-and-ruled walls having cut-stone plinths and tooled quoins. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber windows, and cut-stone sills. Square-headed door openings to north and south blocks with timber battened doors having overlights.

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