Convent of the Good Shepherd — Irish Town

Detached five-bay double-height over raised basement Catholic chapel, built 1891-3, on a rectangular plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into five-bay single-storey lean-to side aisles. Renovated, 1934-5, with interior "improved". Deconsecrated, 1967. Now disused. Pitched slate roof; lean-to slate roofs (side aisles), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables on cut-granite kneelers including cut-granite coping to gable to entrance (north) front on cut-granite kneelers with granite ashlar buttressed gabled bellcote to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron square profile downpipes. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble stone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners centred on cut-granite flush stringcourses. Lancet window openings (clerestorey) with cut-granite chamfered sills, and granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Lancet window openings (side aisles) with cut-granite chamfered sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (south) with cut-granite chamfered sill, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window opening to entrance (north) front with cut-granite chamfered sill, and cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having stained glass margins centred on square glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with timber panelled choir gallery (north) on a T-shaped plan, pointed-arch arcades on pillars, exposed arch braced collared timber roof construction on beaded "Cavetto" corbels with wind braced ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary (south) with stained glass "Trinity Window" (----) in mosaic tiled surround. Set in grounds shared with Convent of the Good Shepherd.