St Joseph's Monastery and St Joseph's Church
ST JOSEPH'S MONASTERY AND ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH, WINDHILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176800
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- List Entry Name:
- St Joseph's Monastery and St Joseph's Church
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOSEPH'S MONASTERY AND ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH, WINDHILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176800
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1949
- List Entry Name:
- St Joseph's Monastery and St Joseph's Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JOSEPH'S MONASTERY AND ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH, WINDHILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOSEPH'S MONASTERY AND ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH, WINDHILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bishop's Stortford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 48570 21314
Details
1. 5253 WINDHILL (South Side)
St Joseph's Monastery and St Joseph's Church TL 4821 SE:3/96 18.10.49
II
2. Early and late C17, C18 and early C20 range of buildings. Painted and red brick, stone, red tile roofs. Two and a half storeys. East building, formerly Windhill House. Late C17 front to early C17 timber frame, rewindowed C18. Dutch style square hipped roof. North front to street has 4 ground floor and 3 first floor sash windows. East elevation is 5 bays divided by deep plain pilasters. Central door, sash windows, modern dormers. Garden elevation, early C20 rebuild with 2 storey canted window bay. Interior has fine Jacobean oak well staircase with open work panelling and balustrade. Plastered beams with running patterns. C18 two storey centre building. Sash windows and canted window bay on west, adjoining arched door to church. Church on west. 1906 by Doran Webb Italian Renaissance style. Two storeys. Street facade, stone with red brick curved aisle walls on rough stone plinths. Paired Ionic pilasters to sides of centre block, with open pediment and first floor crucifix relief. Central ground floor pedimented door. Interior has groin vaulted nave, apsidal ended. Semi-dome aisle chapels divided by segmental doors. Pilasters to walls. Stucco cherubs and mottoes in aisle arch spandrels. Four column tabernacle over altar. Apsidal ended Lady Chapel with rich painted and mosaic decorations at south-west.
Listing NGR: TL4857021314
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160988
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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