Convent of Our Lady of Mercy — Clarinbridge

Detached five-bay two-storey monastery, built 1823, on a H-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey gabled advanced end bays. Vacated, 1840. Reconstructed, 1844, producing present composition to accommodate alternative use, 1844. Closed, 1996. Disused, 2009. Pitched slate roof on a H-shaped plan with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening in round-headed recess, cut-limestone doorcase with pilasters on plinths supporting monolithic archivolt centred on keystone, and moulded rendered surround with fittings now boarded up. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement with cut-limestone sill courses, and moulded rendered surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Lancet window openings (gables) with concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing casement windows having Y-traceried square glazing bars. Set back from line of road.