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Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy — Abbey Street

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Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy — Abbey Street
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Detached six-bay two-storey secondary school, built 1950; opened 1950, on an L-shaped plan with four-bay (south-west) or two-bay (north-east) two-storey side elevations. Closed, 1977. Reopened, 1980 [FIRST LEVEL]. Closed, 2012. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on thumbnail beaded consoles on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy.

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