Description

NEWBIGGIN
NZ 1600 NE (north side)

681-/5/10003 Nos 32 and 34

GV II

Presbytery and house, now convent. 1878. Possibly designed by George
Goldie. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roofs with
coped gables and kneelers. 2 gable stacks. Quoins and flush ashlar
bands. Shouldered window surrounds throughout, all plain sashes.
Street front, 3 storey, 4 window facade. Off-centre doorway with
shouldered surround and overlight, to the left 2 sashes and to the
right 2 narrow sashes with between a buttress which supports a square
oriel window above. This oriel has 2 sashes, and to the left 3 pairs
of narrow sashes. Above 4 sashes with a single ventilation slit in
each gable. West front, has 3 storey 2 window block to right with a
central doorway in pointed arch surround, with fanlight and wooden
gable porch with bargeboards. To the left a small sash and to the
right a square bay window with 2 sashes, and above a canted bay
window. To the left a pair of sashes, with above a smaller pair of
sashes and to the right a datestone. To the north a lower 2 window
block, with a through eaves gable dormer to the left

Listing NGR: NZ1685100973

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533947

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