Description

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1068 MOAT ROAD

St Margaret's Convent
TQ 3938 2/54

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Range of buildings substantially the work of G E Street, commenced in 1865,
but with some later alterations, especially by A E Street. Main assembly
forms a quadrangle withcloister and chapel to the north side. Mainly 2 storeys,
ashlar stone in Gothic style, mullioned windows, asymmetrical gabled and
dormered elevations, red tiled roof. Cloister in distinctive Early English
style, recently glazed in.
Chapel 1879-1885.
Street considered this to be one of his finest works, and the proportions
are indeed good. In plan aisless nave, chancel and eastern Lady Chapel.
High nave with long slender windows, 1-light windows in chancel, and a long
even tiled roof. Slim and high tower with saddleback roof. Interior somewhat
severe, but dignified. Remarkable for massive, detached, black Irish marble
columns in chancel. Original reredos.
Lady Chapel (retro chapel) vaulted in three by three bays in Early English
styleo Small vaulted eastern apse with plain glazed lancets.
The Guest House south east of the tower has a timber framed upper part. This
is by A E Street 1889, but to his father's original plans.

Listing NGR: TQ3919938960

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529156

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)