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St Josephs Retreat

A Grade II Listed Building in Islington, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5686 / 51°34'6"N

Longitude: -0.1417 / 0°8'30"W

OS Eastings: 528892

OS Northings: 187162

OS Grid: TQ288871

Mapcode National: GBR DT.YRM

Mapcode Global: VHGQL.HTGW

Plus Code: 9C3XHV95+C8

Entry Name: St Josephs Retreat

Listing Date: 20 September 1954

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1207495

English Heritage Legacy ID: 369011

ID on this website: 101207495

Location: Upper Holloway, Islington, London, N19

County: London

District: Islington

Electoral Ward/Division: Junction

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Islington

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St John the Evangelist, Upper Holloway

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description


ISLINGTON

TQ2887SE HIGHGATE HILL 635-1/5/500 (East side) 20/09/54 St Joseph's Retreat

GV II

Built as the chief clergy house of the Passionist Fathers. The south and west wings of 1874-5, the east wing of a little later. By F.W.Tasker. White or grey and yellow brick set in English bond, roof of Italian pantiles. Three and four storeys over basement, eleven-window range to south. Modelled after an Italian country villa with towers to the outer bays on the principal, south side, and built to enclose the east end of the original Passionist church. On the south side, the ground floor has segmental-arched windows to centre, deeply recessed under segmental arches of gauged brick; one round-arched window at either end; first-floor windows flat-arched with a central bay of three-window range to first and second floors carried on thin columns with moulded stucco cornice above first floor; second-floor windows flat-arched except outer pair to tower bays, which are round-arched; two flat-arched third-floor windows to towers; deep eaves to hipped roofs; the return to Highgate Hill has a lower, apsidal wing running off east and forming a choir for the commmunity; similar wing to the west; single-storey range to Highgate Hill of 1960 by Alex Watson: yellow brick with banded rustication to base, flat-arched entrance under a round-arch, and parapet coped with composition stone, shaped gable over entrance. (Building News 11 Aug 1874, 1 Jan 1875, 19 June 1875.).

Listing NGR: TQ2889287162

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