Saint Joseph's Convent of Mercy

Detached six-bay two-storey national school, c.1900, retaining original fenestration. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber double doors, c.2000, and overlight. Set back from road on elevated base with tarmacadam forecourt.(ii) Gateway, c.1900, to south comprising pair of cut-stone piers with cut-stone plaque, cut-stone capping, wrought iron double gates, and sections of squared rubble stone flanking boundary walls having wrought iron gate to left (west).

An elegantly-proportioned school building retaining its original form and fabric. The school is one of a group of related buildings in the immediate locality (with 22810034, 37/WD-21-10-34, 37), which contribute to the streetscape value in the eastern outskirts to Cappoquin.