Saint Peter's College — Summerhill Road

Attached nineteen-bay three-storey seminary with dormer attic, 1934-8; opened 1938, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay three-storey advanced end bays centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on an engaged half-octagonal plan; single-bay (seven-bay deep) double-height central return (west). Closed, 1998. Flat-topped Mansard slate roof on a H-shaped plan behind parapet including flat roofs to window openings to dormer attic centred on half-octagonal slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, and concealed rainwater goods retaining embossed cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced "Old Red Sandstone" walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut- or hammered granite flush quoins to corners supporting parapet on cut-granite chamfered stringcourse having moss-covered coping. Square-headed central door opening approached by three cut-granite steps with cut-granite block-and-start surround having bull nose-detailed rebated reveals framing timber panelled door. Camber-headed window opening (upper floors) with coat-of-arms-detailed panelled balconette on cut-granite corbels, and cut- or hammered granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing cast-iron or steel fitting having leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite chamfered sill course, cut-granite cruciform mullions, and cut- or hammered granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing pivot fittings. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with cut-granite chamfered sill course (first floor) or shallow sills (top floor), and cut- or hammered granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing casement fittings. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; square-headed door opening into hall with glazed timber double doors; full-height hall retaining herring bone-pattern timber parquet floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, timber panelled staircase on a dog leg plan, stained glass window (1938) to half-landings, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; corridor retaining herring bone-pattern timber parquet floor, and monolithic pilaster supporting moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; double-height auditorium (west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled double doors, timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, timber panelled stage on a segmental plan with moulded plasterwork proscenium, and monolithic beams to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds.