Former Convent of Our Lady is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1986. Former convent. 1 related planning application.
Former Convent of Our Lady
- WRENN ID
- winter-basalt-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1986
- Type
- Former convent
- Address
- Former Convent of Our Lady, School Lane, Formby, L37 3LW
- OS grid reference
- SD 299 072
- Coordinates
- 53.55742, -3.05869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Convent of Our Lady is a building located on School Lane in Formby, constructed as a Catholic chapel in 1688. It served as a barn from 1688 to 1796, then reverted to a chapel until 1864, after which it was converted into cottages and became a convent in 1930. The building is roughcast with slate roofs and has two storeys with three bays. The first bay features a low gabled wing, which has a corresponding wing at the rear. There is a drip mould on the first floor, raised over the windows, and the building has quoins and coped gables.
The ground floor windows are sashed with glazing bars, while the first floor has small-paned casements. The first bay wing includes three small sashed windows above the entrance. The left side of the building displays a plaque with the Blundell arms and the date 1688. The right side features a gabled porch with an entrance at the rear and a window above with a tripartite sash. There are two cross-axial stacks. It is reported that the building contains holy water stoups in the return porch and has a curved ceiling on the first floor.
Local climate
Former Convent of Our Lady sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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