Saint Angela's Convent of Mercy — Castlebar

Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement national school, built 1894; dated 1894; extant 1895; opened 1897, originally attached on a rectangular plan with three-bay (east) or two-bay (west) full-height side elevations. Closed, 1963. Renovated to accommodate continued alternative use. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, and uPVC rainwater goods on red brick header bond thumbnail beaded cornice retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Replacement cement rendered walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone base with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone quoins to corners. Camber-headed central door opening (basement) with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having overlight. Camber-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Camber-headed window openings centred on paired round-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing nine-over-nine (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows centred on three-over-three (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Saint Angela's Convent of Mercy.