Providence House

Providence House is a house that was formerly a girls' school, built in the 1860s and altered since. It is constructed of brown brick with a clay tile roof and has two storeys plus an attic. The slightly projecting front gable on the right features one replaced window on each storey set in chamfered openings, with plain bands at the first and second floors. The two-storey left wing has a three-light brick-mullioned window on each storey. The left end of the house faces an open garden court, with the entrance in a porch that is designed as a broad, shallow buttress. This porch contains a boarded door in a round-arched opening, which has moulded stone imposts and red-brick voussoirs. Behind the porch, there is a picturesque arrangement that includes a two-storey square bay window. A square chimney is located on the ridge of the cross-gable, featuring zig-zag brick infill in the recesses between the flues, and there is a bold and tall shaped lateral chimney at the rear corner of the left wing. The one-storey rear wing was formerly the school room. Providence House is part of an attractive group with Providence Cottage and No. 42 Church Street, all surrounding a garden court that is open to the street. The interior does not have any features of special interest. The house is listed for its group value.