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Convent of the Sacred Heart — Keel, Achill Island

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Convent of the Sacred Heart — Keel, Achill Island
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Detached nine-bay two-storey convent, built 1931-2; opened 1932, on a H-shaped plan with two-bay (four- or five-bay deep) full-height gabled advanced end bays centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Vacated, 1988. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Pitched slate roof on a H-shaped plan with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on paired rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, concrete or rendered coping to gables with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with corbelled stepped sill courses, and concealed dressings framing replacement casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.

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