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St. Kevin's Female School — Grantham Street

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St. Kevin's Female School — Grantham Street
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Attached gable-fronted two-bay two-storey former school, built 1886. Comprising central five-bay east-facing block, five-bay block to south and gabled end-bays to north. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof having red brick chimneystacks, cut granite coping, moulded brick eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Stepped chimneybreast to south (front) elevation with cut granite and moulded brick ornamentation. Wrought-iron cross finial to apex of gable-fronted building to north. Red-brick, laid in Flemish bond to front (south) elevation, and to centre block and gabled end-bay. Yellow brick, laid in Flemish bond, to west elevation of block to south and to end-bay to north. Three-storey two-bay block with yellow brick in Flemish bond, attached to rear (north). Chamfered brick plinth course to east elevation. Brick block-and-start quoin detailing at southeast corner. Granite plaque to front reading 'St. Kevin’s Female National Schools 1886'. Square-headed window openings, four-over-four pane, six-over-six pane, three-over-three pane, and three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed windows openings having six-over-twelve pane and eight-over-sixteen pane, to east elevation. Granite sills throughout. Square-headed window openings with fixed pane and casement windows. Square- and segmental-headed doorways, that to front having double-leaf timber panelled door and overlight, those to east with recent fittings. Double-leaf cast-iron gate to front, matching railings on cut granite plinth wall, to front, square-profile red brick pier with pyramidal granite cap to south-east. Yellow brick wall enclosing yard to north, having pedestrian entrance with concrete surround, and vehicular entrance having iron lintel to east elevation.

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