St Walburga's Convent
ST WALBURGA'S CONVENT, BALMORAL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298382
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- St Walburga's Convent
- Statutory Address:
- ST WALBURGA'S CONVENT, BALMORAL ROAD
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298382
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- St Walburga's Convent
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST WALBURGA'S CONVENT, BALMORAL ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- ST WALBURGA'S CONVENT, ST PETER'S ROAD
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 WALBURGA'S CONVENT, BALMORAL ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- ST WALBURGA'S CONVENT, ST PETER'S ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 48145 61490
Details
LANCASTER
SD4861 BALMORAL ROAD 1685-1/5/14 (North side) St Walburga's Convent
GV II
Roman Catholic convent. 1851-3. Designed by EG Paley. Gothic Revival style. Snecked sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Main building L-plan with cross-wing at left, with a rear corridor connecting with the Convent Chapel of St Peter's Cathedral, St Peter's Road (qv). 2 storeys. The windows all have chamfered mullions and the heads of the lights are either trefoiled or have shouldered arches. Main range of 3 bays, with a single-storey canted bay window in the central bay, and a 4-light window to right. The upper windows are through-eaves coped gabled dormers of 2, 3 and 2 lights. The moulded pointed doorway is in the left-hand bay. At the left, across the angle with the cross-wing, is a single-light squint window. Chimneys on right-hand gable, which is coped with kneelers, and between 2nd and 3rd bays. The cross-wing gable wall has a string course above 2 windows of 2 lights and a stepped 3-light window below the coped gable. Its left-hand return wall is of 3 bays and includes a single-storey canted bay window, and dormers lighting an attic storey.
Listing NGR: SD4814561490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383050
- 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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