Description

SELLY PARK ROAD
1.
5104 Selly Park B29
Convent of St Paul
SP 08 SE 12/53
II
2.
The Generalate (formerly Selly Park Hall) is early C19. Brick; slate roof. Two
and a half storeys; 3 bays, the centre one advanced and pedimented. Ground floor
with a central door with fanlight and side lights set in a simple stuccoed surround
and 2 tripartite windows with exceedingly elongated volutes and beneath a shallow
relieving arch. First floor with a central window similar to the ground floor ones
but with a blind balcony and a segmental relieving arch and 2 sash windows also
with blind balconies. The attic windows 3 almost square sashes sitting on a band.
Finely moulded and dentilled eaves cornice. Left and right, curved walls, later
C19 in their upper parts. Interior with an elegant flying staircase with pretty
foliage in the balustrade rising up within an oval room to the first floor balcony
landing. At first floor level, the walls with large and small arched panels and
entrances off the landing. Only this of the Convent's buildings is listed.

Listing NGR: SP0547582485

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26340522

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)