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Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Headford

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Saint Mary's Catholic Church — Headford
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Detached convent, built c.1910, comprising two-storey entrance block having five-bay first floor and three-bay ground floor, latter having single-storey canted-bay windows to front flanking gabled shallow entrance breakfront. Deeper gabled respond to breakfront in rear having four bays and sprocketed roof. Three flat-roofed blocks to rear of entrance block. Three-bay chapel attached to east end projects forward slightly. Multiple-bay two-storey block at right angles to rear of entrance block and chapel. Sprocketed pitched slate roofs, chapel projection being under sprocketing of main roof. Brick chimneystacks, rendered at base, and with render cross finial to gable of chapel and metal cross finial to breakfront. Rendered façade to entrance block, having limestone sill course to first floor, and tile cladding to upper part of west gable. Square-headed four-over-four pane windows to first floor, and replacement uPVC to ground floor. Entrance doorway comprises square-headed door opening and sidelights having moulded cornice and with blank round-headed fanlight above, with replacement uPVC fittings. Retaining arch of rusticated stone to first floor window of west gable of entrance block. Chapel has round-headed lancet windows and three-light east window.

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