Nazareth House, Nazareth Road, Dunkirk, Nottingham

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 30 Jan 2016

William Stretton built this large castellated house called "The Priory” in 1802. After his death, his son Severus Stretton. sold the property to a group of nuns and it became part of a religious community and children's home ‘complex’. The Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth had, it seems, outgrown their house in St Ann's (established in 1876) and as a result the Sisters moved here in 1880. The care of the elderly became the new focus of their ministry between 1980-2002 until the Congregation’s financial difficulties made selling the site a necessity. The sale was completed in 2005 and all the buildings, with the exception of “Priory House” - as it was then known - were demolished and the area was turned into an up-market housing estate. This house has been converted in to an apartment block. A plaque on the side of the building reads: "Bishops House, 1802". The branch of Nazareth Road on the right, a cul-de-sac, peters out within a matter of seconds although pedestrians and cyclists can continue into Old Church Street using a footpath that reaches the Priory Church of St Anthony within a minutes.

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