Southgarth (former Medical Mission Sisters Convent)

Southgarth, dating circa 1874-75, was designed by J J Stevenson for his brother, A Stevenson. The building is constructed of red brick with slate roofs and parapetted gables. It is a two-storey building with attics, exhibiting a pleasing asymmetrical design in the English Domestic Revival style, inspired by the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Sash windows feature segmental heads, keystones, and exposed boxes. The eastern entrance has a flat canopy supported by scrolled brackets, above which is a fanlight with architrave and pediment. To the west of the door is a three-light window. The entrance projection terminates in a gable with a two-light window, and to the east of this, the elevation has three bays on the ground floor. At first floor, there is an oriel window above a canted dormer. A single-storey wing extends west of the main building. The south, or garden, elevation is particularly well-proportioned. The buildings of Westoe Village, including Southgarth, form a significant group of domestic architecture.