Convent of St Joseph

Heritage listing

Details SK 0043-0143 CHEADLE C.P. BANK STREET (South side) 11/30 Convent of St. Joseph GV II Convent. A late C18 domestic building altered and considerably extended by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin circa 1845. Red brick with stone dressings; tiled roofs, banded and with crested verge parapets to Pugin's additions. In three distinct parts, a U-shaped building around an inner courtyard fronted to the street and churchyard. On the west side of the street frontage the C18 building of 3 storeys and two windows; glazing bar sashes with painted wedged heads; the top floor has half-dormer gablets over large pane sashes. Attached to the east and fronting church and street, a single-storey range by Pugin; blind to the street except for a stone dressed Tudor arch door to the right; the projecting gabled east return has a labelled pointed 2-light window continuing into a long blind range flanking the churchyard. Facing east into the courtyard is a two-storey, four-window range by Pugin, attached to the street front by a tall square steeply gabled tower. Listing NGR: SK0079343171 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 274832 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.