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Detached nine-bay two-storey convent, begun 1884; opened 1887; extant 1897, on an E-shaped plan with two-bay (five- or six-bay deep) two-storey advanced end bays centred on single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1977. Leased, 1978. Vacated, 2000. Renovated, 2004, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped slate roof on an E-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered buttressed chimney stacks centred on paired rendered buttresses chimney stacks having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, uPVC-covered "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" coping to gable with Celtic Cross finial to apex, and uPVC rainwater goods on uPVC-covered "Cavetto" cornice retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered "Cavetto" stringcourse (first floor). Camber-headed central window opening (ground floor) with cut-limestone sill, and moulded rendered surround framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) between round-headed niches with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds on an elevated site.
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