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Bon Secour Convent — Cathedral Place

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Bon Secour Convent — Cathedral Place
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Detached five-bay two-storey convent, built c. 1910, having canted end-bay to front (south) elevation, three-bay two-storey return to rear (north) and conservatory to west elevation. Hipped slate roofs with cast-iron ridge crestings, cross finials, limestone brackets to eaves, rusticated limestone chimneystacks to front and rendered chimneystacks to return. Snecked rusticated limestone walls with ashlar limestone quoins to canted bay. Rendered wall to east. Trefoil-headed niche to first floor having statue over plaque with carved cross. Paired square-headed limestone mullioned windows with transoms and uPVC windows. Pointed arch opening having limestone surround, overlight and replacement timber panelled door with sidelights. Flight of rendered steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile rusticated limestone piers with single-leaf cast-iron gate and limestone plinths with cast- and wrought-iron railings to site.

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