Convent of Mercy — Leckanvy

Detached five-bay two-storey convent, designed 1924; built 1925, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay two-storey side elevations. Now in private residential use[?]. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered consoles[?] retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Hipped segmental-headed[?] central door opening into convent with timber mullions on threshold supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (ground floor) with concrete sills[?], and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows centred on one-over-one timber sash window having fixed-pane sidelights. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds with rendered chamfered piers to perimeter having stringcourses below capping supporting wrought iron double gates.