Saint Joseph's Convent — Scrouty Road

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house with dormer attic, c.1810. Converted to use as convent, 1883. Extended, 1934, comprising three-bay double-height single-cell chapel to north-west with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to south-west, single-bay double-height bowed apse to north-east, and single-bay single-storey linking bay to south-east. Renovated, c.1985, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to original block. Closed, 1999. Refenestrated, post-1999. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, square rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Pitched slate roofs to chapel (half-conical to apse) with clay ridge tiles having iron cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls to original block. Unpainted roughcast walls to chapel with cut-stone date stone/plaque, and concrete coping extending into gabled bellcote to apex on profiled dentilated apron having concrete coping with cross finial to apex. Square-headed window openings to original block (some round-headed openings to rear (north-west) elevation) with stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, post-1999. Round-headed door opening with two cut-granite steps, timber doorcase, timber panelled double doors, and overlight. Square-headed door opening to additional porch with two cut-granite steps, glazed timber panelled double doors (salvaged from original door opening), overlight, and square-headed flanking window openings having concrete sills, and replacement fixed-pane uPVC lights, post-1999. Round-headed window openings to chapel with concrete sills, rendered panel surrounds, and fixed-pane steel windows having casement section. Round-headed door opening to chapel in round-headed recess with timber panelled double doors, and overpanel. Set back from line of road in own grounds with painted rendered boundary wall to original block having rendered piers, wrought iron double gates, sections of wrought iron flanking railings, and sections of wrought iron railings, 1934, to chapel having double gates, and unpainted roughcast boundary wall to remainder of site with unpainted rendered panelled piers, and replacement sheet metal gates, c.1985.