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Poor Claire Colettine Monastery — College Road

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Poor Claire Colettine Monastery — College Road
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Detached multiple-bay two-storey convent, built 1914, having single-storey entrance block and gable-fronted advanced bay to front (south) elevation, projecting bays to south-west corner, returns to rear (north), chapel to south-east and various extensions to south. Pitched and hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, render coping to gabled-bay with moulded render cross finial to apex and uPVC rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with pointed arch statue niche to gabled-bay holding statue. Pointed arch window openings to first floor, square-headed to ground floor, with render block-and-start surrounds, render sills and uPVC windows. D-shaped opening to porch with recessed square-headed door opening having timber battened door. Secondary square-headed door opening to porch with block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Three-bay single-storey with attic gate lodge to south having pitched slate roof and dormer windows. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render sills and uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening under gabled canopy supported on render brackets timber battened door having overlight. Smooth rendered boundary wall to front of site with square-profile gate piers having recessed panels and moulded caps supporting wrought-iron arch and holding wrought-iron vehicular gates with square-headed pedestrian gate to west.

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