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The building became the home of the Kate
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The East York Lane (southern) façade has a door, with a single sash window immediately either side of it and a triple sash on the eastern extremity, giving an asymmetrical appearance. The door, reached by four brick steps, has the same semi-circular window design, and two lanterns, as the main door.
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window with ten panes. Also either side of the door, about halfway up, are two small lanterns. Four steps on either side rise to meet, creating the
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system of education, so as to inculcate in them habits of industry and morality and fit them for entrance into institutions of higher education."
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19th-century establishments in
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