1875 – Convent of the Assumption, Kensington Square, London
Designed and built between 1870 and 1875 by George Goldie of Goldie & Child, this convent church is still in use today by the order who commissioned it.
Designed and built between 1870 and 1875 by George Goldie of Goldie & Child, this convent church is still in use today by the order who commissioned it.
This attractive former St. Mary’s Convent of Mercy and school displays varied decorative detailing from the elegant dog-tooth mouldings to the more robust rock-faced plinth.
From The Architect, November 20, 1875: Thiis another charitable institution managed by the Sisters of Mercy at the desire of the Very Rev.
Part of a convent. Published in The Building News, April 14th 1876.
Small gothic revival convent by O`Callaghan with the nuns accommodation separated from the chapel by a small two-stage tower and belfry.
The Good Shepherd Museum is located in the fine neo-gothic L’Hôpital de la Miséricorde. The two wings set aside for the museum were built in 1878 and 1887 to plans drawn up by David Ouellet,
“The subject of our illustration with present No. is the Convent of Mercy lately erected at Mount St.
The main building was constructed in 1877 to designs of J.J. McCarthy under the supervision of his son C.J.