Former Convent Of St Vincent

The Former Convent of St Vincent, built between 1890 and 1892, is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed from purple brick with red brick dressings in a Neo-late 17th century style. It features a tiled hipped roof adorned with eight pedimented dormers and a wood modillion cornice at the eaves. The windows are irregularly spaced and consist of glazing bar sashes set in gauged brick headed surrounds, with apron panels below the first-floor windows. The outer corners of the building have projecting brick angle quoins, which also separate a three-window section from the main nine-window block. A brick string course runs between the floors. The main doorway, which is stuccoed and positioned to the right, is framed by Ionic half-columns and an entablature, topped with a small open pedimented niche that contains a statue. At the rear, there is a later chapel built in purple brick, designed in the Perpendicular style.