Reg No
21006282
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Strand Street House
Original Use
House
In Use As
Convent/nunnery
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
83242, 114396
Date Recorded
01/09/1999
Date Updated
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Detached six-bay two-storey former house, built c. 1820, converted to convent and extended c. 1885, with polygonal projection to left hand side. Pitched double-span hipped artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, red brick chimneystack, natural slate roof to chapel, and mansard roof to rear. Painted nap rendered walls. uPVC bottom-hung inward-opening windows set in segmental-arched openings. Timber panelled door with top and margin lights. Lancet windows to polygonal projection. Limestone rubble boundary wall with cast-metal railings. Limestone steps to front door. Wrought-iron gate and statue of St. Joseph to front garden.