Description

HUNTER'S ROAD
1.
5104
Lozells B19
Convent of Our Lady of
Mercy
(formerly listed as
St Mary Convent under
Handsworth)
SP 0588 NE 21/2 25.4.52
II*
2.
1840-41 architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Highly original and carefully detailed conventual building 2 storey red brick, stone dressed, ranges on a simple and functional E plan with rear wing and cloister. Straight-froward construction in a simple Tudor-Gothic style. Some diapering to the brickwork. Stone coped gable ends with finials. Steep pitched slate roofs, gabled dormers. External and ridge chimney stacks. Fenestration consists of simple stone mullioned casement and bay windows. The cloister to the rear has simple exposed timber truss roof and tiled floors. The original chapel was destroyed in the war. The convent is contemporary with a group of Pugin's innovatory rationally designed religious houses.

Listing NGR: SP0586488903

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Mary's Convent, Handsworth at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979436

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)