Survey Data
Reg No
50060134
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Saint Mary's Dominican Convent
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1945 - 1955
Coordinates
312382, 236442
Date Recorded
24/09/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Quadrant entrance gateway, erected c.1950, comprising vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian entrances, having double and single-leaf decorative cast-iron gates, with wrought-iron arch over vehicular entrance with lettering 'St Mary's Dominican Convent Cabra' and surmounted by crest and cross flanked by decorative wrought-metal work. Rendered piers with plinths, raised panels and moulded caps, with fluted frieze to middle piers, flanked in turn by curved rendered plinth walling with cast-iron railings terminated by outer piers of similar form to outer pedestrian piers.
Appraisal
This formal entrance to the Dominican Convent complex is visually arresting, with the decorative metal arch proclaiming the convent. The rendered piers are simple but visually effective and the gates are good examples of decorative metalwork.