St Joseph's Presbytery, Mayberry Place, Blantyre

1. 2-storey, substantial piend-roofed, L-plan Art Deco presbytery retaining much finer interior period woodwork. Red brick with contrasting banding at base, cill and lintel courses; overhanging eaves with stylized cornice on centre corbel. Pilastered and pedimented doorpiece.

SW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: strong horizontal emphasis to symmetrical elevation with steps up to 2-leaf timber door below bipartite window at centre, further bipartites to each floor of flanking bays and full-height slightly advanced outer bays each with shallow-bow to centre incorporating quadripartite window at each floor and stylized blocking course breaking eaves.

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: set-back bays to right with tall bowed stair tower and door to outer right; projecting wing to left with door on return to right.

Modern glazing to S, some timber casement windows retained at sides and rear. Grey slates. Banded brick ridge and end stacks with some cans.

INTERIOR: vestibule with good part-glazed screen door giving way to stair hall and long corridors with dark timber architraved openings, some with fluted detail. Dog-leg staircase leading to similarly-detailed 1st floor. Some downstairs sittingrooms with original timber fire surrounds and fitted cupboards.