Nazareth House

Nazareth House is a purpose-built house for the aged and infirm, originally constructed in 1893-4 by Leonard Stokes for the Sisters of Nazareth. It was subsequently extended by Stokes to the west in 1911 to provide further living quarters and a larger chapel, and again in 1926 at the rear. An east wing, designed by Pugin and Pugin in 1937 as a playroom, classroom, and dormitories, is now occupied by a Roman Catholic Primary School and is not included in the listing.

The original wing of 1893 is built of roughcast, with a half-hipped slate roof and two cemented chimneystacks. It has three storeys and eleven windows, featuring a gabled dormer containing a ten-light window with late 20th-century glazing, and original twelve-pane sashes. A recessed doorcase is accented by square piers and balustrading, topped with statues of St Joseph and the Virgin and Child. Late 20th-century sunlounges partially obscure the ground floor. The rear elevation incorporates two corner turrets with crenellated parapets, triple gables, and a recessed centre behind a giant round-headed arch. A one-storey addition of 1926, also by Stokes, extends at right angles.

The 1911 west wing, by Stokes, is constructed of brown brick with red brick and stone dressings, and features a hipped slate roof. The south front is two storeys high, with nine windows and a chapel centrally positioned on the first floor, alongside two blank windows to the right of the smaller chapel. The windows are twelve-pane sashes. The facade incorporates aprons between the floors, quoins, and a plinth. A tall central gable cross and characteristic quoins of alternating brick and stone are visible. A two-storey bay with lancet windows flanks the chapel. One side elevation shows a projecting three-bay wing in the matching style, set back from that which precedes it. A four bay section features a tall brick chimney with stone stripes, bays separated by red brick and stone full-height pilasters, and three, five-light traceried windows to the chapel on the first floor. Ground floor windows are predominantly late 20th-century aluminium replacements. A 20th-century corner porch is present. The rear elevation is dominated by a large traceried chapel window set within a gable.

The principal feature of the interior is the first-floor chapel, which has a ribbed vaulted ceiling, original piers, and a gallery incorporating a confessional. A marble altarpiece is also present. A smaller chapel with a screen was formerly restricted to nuns.