Description

HOVE

TQ2506SE MANOR ROAD, Portslade
579-1/10/169 (West side)
22/09/71 St Mary's Convent
(Formerly Listed as:
PORTSLADE
MANOR ROAD, Old Portslade
St Mary's Convent (Portslade Manor))

GV II

Manor house, now convent. Dated 1807, altered and refurbished
late C19, chapel added early C20, building enlarged c1933.
Cement render, slate roofs behind parapet.
L-plan, entrance on east front, long south front to garden,
chapel adjoining to north-east, extensive C20 additions to
north (not of special architectural interest).
Main elevation (south front), 3-storeys over basement with
2-storey block left (west) over basement, 2:2:3 bays,
full-height bow front end 3 bays right, flat string courses,
sash windows 6-pane second floor, 12 -pane first floor with
one blind window opening and a 6-pane sash window at west end,
ground floor windows with upper sash of 6 panes, lower without
glazing bars, 2 French casement windows at west end fronted by
2-bay canopy and cast-iron balcony, cast-iron railings and
balcony to doorway fourth bay left.
Main entrance on right return (east) 2:1:2 bays, pilaster
porch extended with 2-storey addition crowned by pediment with
modillion cornice, probably late C19, panelled door,
half-glazed inner double doors with shaped heads to lights and
etched glass. Interior: surviving features of note mainly late
C19; trelliswork surround distinguishing outer hall from
stairhall, cast-iron balusters to stair with mahogany
handrail, overdoors to hall with cherubs, flowers and urns
moulded in high relief, black marble chimneypieces in 2
principal rooms on south front, ornate red and white marble
chimneypiece with ormolu and enamel cheeks in west end room,
flanked by arch-head openings to room space at rear indicating
an extension to the north. There is a datestone set in a wall
of the service court dated 1807 with the initials I.B. (John
Borrer). The manor house was built by John Borrer (1785-1866)
whose large family is commemorated in the Church of St Nicolas
(qv) nearby. Remains of the original medieval manorhouse (qv)
lie between the buildings. In 1904 the house was sold to the
Roman Catholic order of the Poor Servants of the Mother of
God, who added substantially to the fabric c1933.

Listing NGR: TQ2560206379

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586113

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