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Latitude: 51.4538 / 51°27'13"N
Longitude: -2.1264 / 2°7'35"W
OS Eastings: 391311
OS Northings: 172763
OS Grid: ST913727
Mapcode National: GBR 1R5.WRC
Mapcode Global: VH96C.3Q6D
Plus Code: 9C3VFV3F+GC
Entry Name: St Margarets Convent and Attached Walls
Listing Date: 22 June 1978
Last Amended: 16 September 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1267966
English Heritage Legacy ID: 462399
ID on this website: 101267966
Location: Gladstone Parade, Wiltshire, SN15
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Chippenham
Built-Up Area: Chippenham
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Chippenham with Tytherton Lucas
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Architectural structure
CHIPPENHAM
ST9172 ROWDEN HILL
930-1/11/177 (West side)
22/06/78 St Margaret's Convent and attached
walls
(Formerly Listed as:
ROWDEN HILL
(West side)
St Margaret's Convent)
II
House, now a convent. Dated 1765 with C19 and C20 additions.
Rendered limestone ashlar, freestone rusticated quoins and
dressings stone slate roof, mansard to the main block, pitched
to the rear wing, moulded brick stacks to gable ends and
centre slope of rear wing, that to the front left is large.
PLAN: 2-unit plan with C19 rear right wing and C20 chapel to
the left.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey; symmetrical 5-window range. Wide coped
gables, cornice, parapet, platband and moulded architraves to
plate-glass sash windows, that to the centre is
semicircular-arched with a keystone, imposts and a datestone
"1765".
Attached to the left return is a C20 single-storey chapel with
a roof hipped over a canted return to the left with
flat-arched windows, paired to the front and single-light to
the facets of the return. A C20 hipped stone-slated colonnaded
porch extends approx 15m to the street.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: limestone ashlar walls approx 2m high
flank the porch and extend approx 60m to the left and 50m to
the right.
Listing NGR: ST9131172763
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