St Joseph'S Monastery And St Joseph'S Church

St Joseph's Monastery and St Joseph's Church comprise a complex of buildings dating from the early and late 17th century, the 18th century, and the early 20th century. The buildings are constructed of painted and red brick, stone, and have red tile roofs.

The eastern building, originally Windhill House, features a late 17th-century facade applied to an earlier 17th-century timber frame, with 18th-century replacement sash windows. A Dutch-style square hipped roof is a distinctive feature. The north front has four ground floor and three first floor sash windows. The east elevation is five bays wide and divided by deep, plain pilasters, with sash windows and modern dormers. The garden elevation was rebuilt in the early 20th century and includes a two-storey canted window bay. Inside, a fine Jacobean oak well staircase features open work panelling and a balustrade. Plastered beams with running patterns are also present.

A two-storey, 18th-century building sits at the centre of the complex. It has sash windows and a canted window bay on the west side, with an arched door leading to the church. The church, to the west, was built in 1906 by Doran Webb and is in an Italian Renaissance style. The street facade is of stone with red brick curved aisle walls on rough stone plinths. Paired Ionic pilasters flank the central block, which has an open pediment and a first-floor crucifix relief. A pedimented doorway is centrally positioned on the ground floor. The interior features a groin-vaulted nave, a semi-domed apsidal end, and semi-domed aisle chapels divided by segmental doors. Pilasters run along the walls. Decorative stucco cherubs and mottoes are found in the aisle arch spandrels. A four-column tabernacle stands over the altar. The apsidal-ended Lady Chapel has rich painted and mosaic decorations.