Chadwick House And Attached Railings

Chadwick House and attached railings is a former convent and chapel, now used as offices, built in 1912 by Sir Walter Tapper. The building is constructed of stock brick with red brick dressings and features Welsh slate roofs, including a swept mansard with dormers facing Rushworth Street. The residential portion is designed in a small-scale Queen Anne style with delicate detailing.

The exterior consists of two storeys, an attic, and a basement, with five bays. Access is via three stone steps with railings leading to a door terrace, which features a six-panel door within a timber doorcase that has panelled sides and soffit, topped by a half-domed hood on brackets and a tripartite fanlight. The sash windows are adorned with gauged red brick arches and thick glazing bars. Additional features include a deep moulded and dentilled eaves cornice and a red brick band on the first floor, with one chimney at each end and one at the rear. The rainwater heads are dated.

The chapel elevation facing Kings Bench Street is designed in a restrained Baroque style. It has a projecting pedimented centre that holds a crowned cartouche above a tall blank opening with a red brick round arch, key block, and impost band. The narrow side bays have scrolled tops that meet the pediment, and there is a plinth with a datestone. Each return features four high round windows.

Inside, the chapel is panelled up to just below the splayed round windows at clerestory level, which have round and radial bars. There is a gallery at the west end above a three-bay timber arcade, and the interior boasts a timber barrelled roof. The property also includes cast-iron area railings that are simply designed but well detailed and executed.