St Dunstan's Abbey, Plymouth was an abbey in

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, England. The ''Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity'' under

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with the support of the

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, Bishop of Exeter founded an Anglican convent in New North Road. The

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building was designed by

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and constructed around 1850. Around 1906 most of the nuns had left and the building was converted into St Dunstan Abbey School For Girls. Since 2000 it was converted into flats and houses.

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