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Attached three-bay three-storey hostel, built 1915, having single-bay three-storey block to north-west elevation and recent entrance porch to south-east elevation. Single-storey extension over basement to rear (south-west) elevation. Flat roof, hidden behind brick parapet with granite coping and cast-iron railing, cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick chimneystack abutting rear. Red brick laid in Flemish bond to front (north-east) elevation, yellow brick laid in English garden wall bond to side and rear elevations. Granite plinth course to front. Round-headed niche to first floor to front, moulded brick hood moulding and surrounds, granite pedestal and statue of Saint Vincent de Paul. Recent walls to second floor of block to north-west, sawtooth course over original wall. Square-headed window openings to first and second floors, segmental-headed window openings to ground floor, with granite sills and timber casement and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door opening to front, with bipartite timber-framed overlight and double-leaf timber panelled door. Brass name plaque to door. Segmental-headed door opening to north-west elevation, with timber panelled door, overlight and timber panel above. Cast-iron railings on concrete plinth enclosing basement area to rear. Rendered panelled walls enclosing site to front, surmounted by wrought-iron railings. Square-profile rendered piers having render capping, flanking double- and single-leaf wrought-iron gates.
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