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Presentation Convent — Meadow Road

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Presentation Convent — Meadow Road
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Attached nine-bay two-storey over part-raised basement convent, built 1829, originally detached on a symmetrical plan comprising five-bay two-storey central block with single-bay two-storey breakfront having bellcote over, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch approached by flight of steps, two-bay two-storey gabled advanced flanking end bays, three-bay two-storey side elevation to west and single-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Extended, c.1920, comprising three-bay two-storey over basement return to rear to north. Refenestrated and extended, c.1990, comprising four-bay single-storey wing to left (west) possibly incorporating fabric of earlier range with two-bay two-storey lean-to linking bay to right (east) having round-headed integral carriageway to ground floor. Hipped and gable-ended (gable-fronted) roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind blocking course. Materials not visible. Hipped roof to additional return with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Gable-ended and lean-to roofs to additional wing to west. Artificial slate. Clay ridge tiles. Timber eaves. uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls to front (south) elevation. Ruled and lined. Painted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners, stringcourses to each floor and surrounds to gables forming ‘pediments’. Rendered dressings to breakfront including fluted pilasters with plain frieze over having moulded cornice, panelled blocking course with cut-stone coping and bellcote over with cast-iron bell and cross finial. Rendered dressings to porch including channelled corner piers having moulded cornice over with blocking course. Rendered walls to remainder. Painted. Roughcast walls to additional return. Unpainted. Rendered walls to additional wing. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990, retaining fixed-pane timber windows to porch having stained glass fittings. Square-headed door opening to porch. Timber panelled doors. Round-headed window openings to additional wing with round-headed recessed flanking niches. Rendered string/sill course to ground floor. Rendered sills to first floor linking bay. uPVC casement windows. Round-headed integral carriageway. Iron gate. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam forecourt to front.

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