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Saint Joseph's Convent — Main Street

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Saint Joseph's Convent — Main Street
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Detached L-plan five-bay three-storey convent, built c.1880, with single-storey flat-roofed porch and statue to front and five-bay two-storey rear extension. Fronts directly onto street. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with smooth render to plinth. Raised rendered cross and hoodmoulding to porch. Replacement uPVC windows with tooled stone sills, with timber casement window to porch. Round-headed window opening to central bay of first floor, flanked by square-headed blind window openings in front of which stands a statue of Saint Joseph carrying the infant Jesus, set on a pedestal. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door. Rendered gate piers with double timber battened door to north. Garden bounded by random coursed wall to south.

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