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Errew Monastery — ERREW [CARR. BY.]

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Errew Monastery — ERREW [CARR. BY.]
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Attached two-bay double-height single-cell Catholic chapel, built 1845-7, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower (east) on a square plan. Disused, 1923. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now missing, lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping to gables including lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping to gable (west) with Cross finial to apex, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron hoppers with downpipes now missing. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls with tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; coursed rubble limestone walls (tower) with lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourse supporting battlemented parapet having lichen-covered cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings with dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing remains of timber fittings. Pointed-arch window openings (tower) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing six-over-six timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing louvered timber fittings. Interior in ruins. Set in grounds shared with Errew Monastery.

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