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The Old Convent — Market Street

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The Old Convent — Market Street
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Detached five-bay two-storey house over basement, built c.1820, having shallow breakfront. Formerly used as convent, now in use as house, with recent conservatory to north gable. Hipped tiled roof, with painted smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, cast-iron downpipes and replacement uPVC gutters. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Segmental-headed window openings with limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns. Square-headed window openings to basement with limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement timber panelled door to front (west) elevation with petal design fanlight, and margined side-lights. Recent limestone steps leading to front entrance. Replacement cast-metal railings on cut-stone plinth to front boundary. Cast-iron boot-scrape located at front entrance.

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