St Josephs Retreat
ST JOSEPHS RETREAT, HIGHGATE HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207495
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- St Josephs Retreat
- Statutory Address:
- ST JOSEPHS RETREAT, HIGHGATE HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207495
- Date first listed:
- 20-Sept-1954
- List Entry Name:
- St Josephs Retreat
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST JOSEPHS RETREAT, HIGHGATE HILL
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 JOSEPHS RETREAT, HIGHGATE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Islington (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 28892 87162
Details
ISLINGTON
TQ2887SE HIGHGATE HILL 635-1/5/500 (East side) 20/09/54 St Joseph's Retreat
GV II
Built as the chief clergy house of the Passionist Fathers. The south and west wings of 1874-5, the east wing of a little later. By F.W.Tasker. White or grey and yellow brick set in English bond, roof of Italian pantiles. Three and four storeys over basement, eleven-window range to south. Modelled after an Italian country villa with towers to the outer bays on the principal, south side, and built to enclose the east end of the original Passionist church. On the south side, the ground floor has segmental-arched windows to centre, deeply recessed under segmental arches of gauged brick; one round-arched window at either end; first-floor windows flat-arched with a central bay of three-window range to first and second floors carried on thin columns with moulded stucco cornice above first floor; second-floor windows flat-arched except outer pair to tower bays, which are round-arched; two flat-arched third-floor windows to towers; deep eaves to hipped roofs; the return to Highgate Hill has a lower, apsidal wing running off east and forming a choir for the commmunity; similar wing to the west; single-storey range to Highgate Hill of 1960 by Alex Watson: yellow brick with banded rustication to base, flat-arched entrance under a round-arch, and parapet coped with composition stone, shaped gable over entrance. (Building News 11 Aug 1874, 1 Jan 1875, 19 June 1875.).
Listing NGR: TQ2889287162
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 369011
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Building News in 1 January, (1875)
Building News in 11 August, (1874)
Building News in 19 June, (1875)
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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