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Detached seven-bay three-storey convent, c.1890, possibly over basement comprising three-bay three-storey central block with two-bay three-storey gabled advanced flanking end bays. Renovated and extended, c.1990, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to east on a chamfered plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch added to front. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks on axis with ridge, rendered coping with cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat corrugated-uPVC roof to additional end bay behind parapet with iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered quoins. Pointed-headed window openings with rendered sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Pointed-headed door opening with rendered hood moulding over, timber panelled door, sidelights, and overlights. Square-headed openings to porch with continuous concrete sill, fixed-pane uPVC windows, and glazed uPVC door. Set back from road in own grounds with tarmacadam forecourt, and unpainted rendered boundary wall to perimeter of site having cast-iron profiled piers with decorative cast-iron double gates.
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