Description
Dr Reginald Fairlie 1933 with circa 1958 church by A R
Conlon, tympanum carved by Hew Lorimer. Monastic complex,
red brick with concrete sill and lintel courses.
2-storey HALL at W: 7 round-arched ground floor windows
with concrete tympana, rectangular windows over. 3rd bay
from right advanced, large rectangular window with ashlar
architrave. Niche with statue of St Francis over. N gable has
similar statue over a single bay flat-roofed projection.
S gable 3-bay with oculus. W elevation 2 small gabled
porches. Tall stacks. Swept pantiled roofs.
LINK: 2-storey gabled projection from E face of hall,
simple door approached by steps in re-entrant angle. 1-storey
passage, blind to S, arcaded to N, arches infilled with
cement render. Pantiled roof.
E QUADRANGLE of domestic buildings, 1- 2- and 3-storey.
Near symmetrical 2-storey S elevation with twin advanced
gabled bays and wallhead stack to right. E elevation 3-storey
in fall of ground, irregular fenestration. Arched windows
to courtyard in manner of cloister. Swept slate roofs.
Windows metal-framed casements and top-hopper types, but sash
and case in parts of the domestic ranges.
CHURCH circa 1958 brick and pebble-dashed, gabled but with
flat-roofed projecting sacristy and portico approached by
steps. Triple doors below notable sculptured tympanum by
Hew Lorimer.