Monastery of Our Lady of Charity Refuge — Railway Street

Detached two-storey eleven-bay brick building, built c.1860, as part of Our Lady of Charity Refuge Convent, fronting onto Railway Street and forming part of southern boundary of convent. Currently not in use. Pitched slate roof with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles, gabled dormers to south pitch and three profiled stepped yellow brick chimneystacks. Limestone coping to either gable end with limestone kneeler stones and ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering on iron brackets and cast-iron downpipes. Yellow brick walls laid in Flemish bond to north and west elevations, roughcast rendered to south and east elevations. Gauged brick segmental-headed window and door openings with brick reveals, limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to south elevation, blocked up with steel security mesh. Round-headed stair hall window to north elevation with timber sliding sash window having margin lights. Several steel sheets to ground floor openings. Tall yellow brick carriage arch screen to west, fronting onto Railway Street, with segmental carriage arch, replacement steel gates, blind rectangular panel and ceramic tiled cross above panel.