Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Chapel at Good Shepherd Convent
Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Chapel at Good Shepherd Convent, Dungiven Road, Londonderry, County Londonderry
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.99301, -7.30473
- Date of survey
- 28 January 2014
- HB reference
- HB01/09/009
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Large two-storey four-bay stucco Italianate-style detached villa all on a plinth with a low pitched U shaped hipped roof. C. 1850. Rustication to ground floor with shouldered headed windows. Canted bays, off centred to North and South. String course and sill course. Segmental headed windows to first floor. Large 2 staged corniced chimneys.
Partial Survey Only - While of local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type and is not of sufficient special architectural and historic interest to merit listing.
Evaluation
Large two-storey four-bay stucco Italianate-style detached villa all on a plinth with a low pitched U shaped hipped roof. C. 1850. Rustication to ground floor with shouldered headed windows. Canted bays, off centred to North and South. String course and sill course. Segmental headed windows to first floor. Large 2 staged corniced chimneys.
Partial Survey Only - While of local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type and is not of sufficient special architectural and historic interest to merit listing.
General comments
Partial Survey Only - While of local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type and is not of sufficient special architectural and historic interest to merit listing.
Nearby in the register
- Former the Good Shepherd ConventHouseunder 1 mi
- Leckpatrick BuildingOfficeunder 1 mi
- 14A Dervock PlaceHouseunder 1 mi
- Boundary Post beside 14 Dungiven Road Londonderry BT47 6BWBoundary Markerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.