Description

WHITCOMBE ROAD
1.
1445
CARISBROOKE
St Dominic's Priory
SZ 48 NE 17/324A

II

2.
Built 1865-6 by Gilbert Blount in Gothic style still showing some
Pugin influence. 2 storeyed main block, facing west, in coursed rubble.
Gable end slate roof. 2 small triangular dormers. 5 windows, 3 of them
with 2 lights, stone mullion and cusped arches. Doorway with triangular
dripstone, 2 small narrow lights above, also with cusped arches. Niche
with statue. The main block is flanked by an apsed chapel with bell croft
to the south and a 3 storeyed wing to the north with a crenellated
tower feature to the front which has a 1st floor oriel and below a
panelled door with a moulded 4 centred arch. The inner facade of the
north wing has 4 windows, as on the main block and a rectangular stone
roofed bay window of 4 lights with mullions and transom. The outer facade
has half hipped gables, the windows similar to the main block but taller.

Listing NGR: SZ4902087569

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646975

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6