The Sacred Heart Convent

Date:
27 Jul 2006
Location:
The Sacred Heart Convent, 97 Belmont Hill Se13, Lewisham, Greater London, SE13 5BD
Reference:
IOE01/15703/35
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BELMONT HILL,SE13 4424

TQ 3875 14/267 No 97 (The Sacred Heart Convent) II

Substantial detailed house. 1856 with earlier origins. John Thomas. Stucco slate pitched roof to parapet. 3-storey, 5-bay centre block with full height canted bay window. 2-storey wings, only slightly lower, to either side, of 3 bays, that to right recessed with advanced 1-storey quadrant wing in front, formerly conservatory with applied Corinthian columns. Square headed entrance with Doric half columns to left bay of centre block. Square headed windows to ground and first floor of mainblock and to right wing. Other windows mainly segmental headed. Architraves, sashes,plate glass. Stucco bands between storeys. Modillion cornice below balustraded parapet.

Garden front with Doric colonnade to ground floor. Service wing of 2 storeys and dormers to west. Surviving interior features including staircase,carved fireplace stencilled and plasterwork ceilings, inlaid marble floors, etc.

Listing NGR: TQ3894075679

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0277 IOE Records taken by Richard M Brown; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Richard M. Brown. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Brown, Richard M.

Rights Holder: Brown, Richard M.

Keywords

Slate, Stucco, Victorian Conservatory, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Glasshouse, Garden Building, Nunnery, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Religious House