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Stanley Road, MANCHESTER, M16 8HT

This wisteria appeared to thrive on this fence at the rear of 7 Wellington Road. On the left can be seen part of the St Regis building, which had been taken over from the Cenacle Convent by St Bede's College.

The Cenacle convent building was based on a French design with a large bell tower. The convent was originally designed to be more or less self sufficient, with large grounds containing fruit trees, greenhouses, poultry sheds, etc. Economic considerations led to the building being demolished in the 1970s, leaving the order running a retreat house on the site. Some of the other buildings were used by the St Bede's College nearby and later large parts of the grounds were sold. A housing development was built on this in about 2006. This photo was taken from the house at 7 Wellington Road, which has now been demolished. Also see Image] Image] Had this convent survived into the 1990s, I feel sure that it would have been converted into architect designed apartments. The ones in the bell tower would have had immense views. A church not far away from here - St Edmunds - opposite to Alexandra Park, now houses many unique apartments. And St Edmunds was not in the same architectural league as the Cenacle Convent. Also see Image] and Image]

The main entrance to the College has the St Bede's coat of arms above the door with its motto "Nunquam Otio Torpebat" - Never rest in ideleness.

The main College building on Alexandra Road South. Originally, the intention was for the Building to be symmetrical, but presumably funds did not permit this, so building was ended just beyond the halfway stage.

This building, part of St Bede's College, is called the Henshaw building. This was constructed circa 1930s and housed Science laboratories.

This piece of grassed-over land behind the railings used to be occupied by some large houses. The land is part of St Bede's College. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/633140 for pictures of the houses

These private gardens have now been landscaped and the trees no longer exist. The road in the background is Stanley Road. The high wall at the end of the garden is the boundary for the Cenacle Convent's grounds.

This semi detached Victorian house at 7 Wellington Road no longer exists, nor do any of the houses on this side of the road. St Bede's College - the "Beck" building is visible in the background - bought the houses and the ground is now part of the school. Snow in Whalley Range, Manchester, was a rare event.

The St Regis building was part of the complex of buildings which formed the Cenacle Convent. This building was later used by the school opposite, St Bede's College, which also acquired land along Wellington Road. I believe that the top floor was used as dormitory accommodation by the nuns of the order.

This photograph shows the grounds of the Cenacle Convent in 1982. The Retreat House is shown on the left hand side.