Survey Data
Reg No
22900214
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Glen Poer originally Glen Lodge
Original Use
House
In Use As
Convent/nunnery
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
232644, 122021
Date Recorded
05/01/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1820, possibly over basement on a quasi U-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey half-octagonal bay to centre, single-bay two-storey shallow return to north-east having single-bay single-storey canted bay window to ground floor, and two-bay two-storey return to north-west. Extended, c.1870, comprising six-bay two-storey lateral wing to left (west) with single-bay two-stage projecting linking entrance tower with half-attic to right (east). Extensively renovated, c.1995. Now in use as convent. Hipped slate roofs (on a quasi U-shaped plan to original block with half-polygonal section to half-octagonal bay; pyramidal to entrance tower) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995, on overhanging eaves. Unpainted replacement roughcast walls, c.1995, to front (south) elevation with unpainted rendered walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings (round-headed to first stage of entrance tower; oculus opening to top stage of entrance tower) with rendered sills, and moulded rendered surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Segmental-headed door opening to entrance tower with moulded rendered surround, timber panelled door, and overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site.
Appraisal
A well-appointed, substantial house of two distinct periods of construction, retaining most of its original form. Features including a distinctive canted bay and the entrance tower serve to enhance the architectural quality of the composition. However, extensive renovation works in the late twentieth century have led to the loss of much of the early fabric, and to the erosion of some of the historic character as a consequence.