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Irish Museum of Modern Art — Dublin 8

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Irish Museum of Modern Art — Dublin 8
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Detached four-bay two-storey over part-raised basement former deputy master’s house with dormer attic, built 1762-3, extended 1797. Now in use as art gallery. Hipped slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, clay chimney pots, aluminium ridge tiles, carved projecting granite eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and flat-roofed dormer windows. Central pediment to north elevation, on fluted consoles. Roughcast rendered walls, render plinth course to front elevation forming string course to other elevations. Square-headed window openings, cut granite surrounds and sills, timber sash windows, six-over-three pane to first floor, nine-over-six pane to ground floor. Some carved granite architrave surrounds to ground floor north and rear (west) elevation, those to rear pedimented. Segmental-headed window openings at basement level, cut and carved granite surrounds, sills and keystones, now blocked. Square-headed door opening to front, carved granite architrave surround, fluted consoles supporting triangular pediment, double-leaf glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed door opening at basement level to south elevation, carved granite architrave surround, fluted consoles supporting carved cornice over timber panelled door.

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