Convent of St Rose of Lima

The Convent of St Rose of Lima, built in 1867 and designed by architect Benjamin Bucknell, serves as a house for Dominican sisters. It features coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and has pitched tile roofs. The building stands three storeys high with attics, and it includes stone rainwater gutters supported by prominent corbels at the eaves level. The gables are coped, and kneelers are present. A staircase turret with a pyramidal sprocketed roof is topped by a wooden bellcote, and the windows are arranged along the line of the stairs. The convent has mullioned windows, some of which have hoodmoulds or Caernarvon arches. There are two timber-framed oriels that extend through the first and second floor levels, with an additional one at the second floor level only. The porch has a tiled roof supported by wooden brackets. An aisleless chapel was added between 1888 and 1895 to Bucknell's original design; it features five bays of quadripartite rib vaulting and a polygonal chevet, with colonnettes supported by corbels. The chapel also includes plate tracery in its windows. The Convent of St Rose of Lima is part of a group that includes the Church of the Immaculate Conception, its presbytery, sacristy, parish hall, The Rosary, and Beechville.