Description

SK 0043-0143 CHEADLE C.P. BANK STREET (South side)

11/30 Convent of St. Joseph

GV II

Convent. A late C18 domestic building altered and considerably extended
by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin circa 1845. Red brick with stone dressings; tiled roofs, banded and with crested verge parapets to Pugin's additions. In three distinct parts, a U-shaped building around an inner courtyard fronted
to the street and churchyard. On the west side of the street frontage the
C18 building of 3 storeys and two windows; glazing bar sashes with painted
wedged heads; the top floor has half-dormer gablets over large pane sashes.
Attached to the east and fronting church and street, a single-storey
range by Pugin; blind to the street except for a stone dressed Tudor
arch door to the right; the projecting gabled east return has a labelled
pointed 2-light window continuing into a long blind range flanking the
churchyard. Facing east into the courtyard is a two-storey, four-window
range by Pugin, attached to the street front by a tall square steeply
gabled tower.

Listing NGR: SK0079343171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655534

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)