St Michaels

St Michael's is a convalescent home built around 1895 by the St Andrew's Deaconess Community to accommodate 40 working men and women. The architect was Frederick Mew, and the foundation stone was laid by Lady Holsbury in memory of Laurie, a Deaconess and Sister of the St Andrew's Community Diocese of London.

The building features a symmetrical Gothic style with separate accommodation for convalescents at the front, and a chapel and hall at the rear. It is constructed of stock brick with red brick dressings and has a slate roof. The structure is 2 to 3 storeys tall with irregular fenestration. The central block rises to 2 storeys and includes attics, with a prominent canted bay that extends through all floors. The second-floor windows have cambered sashes, while the ground and first floors feature pointed heads. The first-floor central window is topped with a gable that has a cross, and the ground floor includes an arched doorcase with lamps instead of corbels supporting the dripmould, along with a fanlight consisting of four pointed lights. The entrance has a double panelled door, and above it, in moulded brickwork, is the date 1895, a shield with crossed swords, and the letters LONDIN. To the left of the door is a dedication stone with a cross.

Flanking the central bay are two additional bays on each side, featuring cambered sashes on the ground and first floors, and gabled paired dormers in the attics. Each ground floor has a symmetrical wood and glazed conservatory. The building has projecting wings on either side, each two storeys tall with gables adorned with bargeboards. The first floor of these wings has a triple window with cambered casements and pointed heads, with the central light being larger. The ground floor contains one cambered casement and an end pointed two-light window.

On each side, there are pavilion-style extensions of two storeys designed in a matching style with pyramidal roofs. At the rear left, there is a one-storey chapel extension featuring three traceried windows. To the rear right, a hall includes a king post roof and a black marble fireplace. The interior has not been seen.