Badby House (Our Lady of Passion Monastery)

Badby House, also known as Our Lady of Passion Monastery, is a house built in 1826 for Charles William Watkins. It features rendered brick with sandstone dressings and a hipped slate roof, along with rendered brick internal chimneys. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window entrance front that includes a double-leaf part-glazed door set within a single-storey portico. This portico is supported by two unfluted Greek Doric columns and is approached by three moulded steps, with the portico located in a recessed central bay. The windows are from the 20th century.

To the right, there is a lower two-storey service wing that extends at right angles to connect with a large 20th-century addition housing a chapel, which is not of special architectural importance. The left side has a five-window garden front with a recessed three-window centre featuring a central part-glazed garden door. The outer bays have tripartite windows, and the building includes a stone plinth, window sills, and a storey band. The rear elevation has lead rainwater heads inscribed with "WW/1826."

Inside, the inner staircase hall has a stone floor and a stone cantilever staircase with a cast-iron balustrade and a wreathed and ramped handrail. The Drawing Room features a chimney piece made of white and coloured marble with a steel and brass grate, likely from the late 18th century.