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Convent of Our Lady of the Sacret Heart, 113 Jasper Road
113 Jasper Road BENTLEIGH, Glen Eira City

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113 Jasper Rd Bentleigh, August 2000
113 Jasper Rd Bentleigh, August 2000
113 Jasper Rd Bentleigh, August 2000
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Statement of Significance

The Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart has social importance in the lives of the surrounding communities for its role in the education of their Catholic children since 1935. The building has architectural value as a rare design of its type in the area, demonstrating aspects of the Catholic Church's cultural links with Italy in the manner of Catholic Church architecture of the period. It forms a group with the nearby Church of St. Paul and the educational establishments in the immediate neighbourhood.
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    • Physical Description 1

      Convent of Our Lady of the Sacret Heart, 113 Jasper Road - Physical Description 1

      A picturesque convent with later rear additions demonstrating northern Italian Renaissance influence with a symmetrically arranged facade having a central gabled porch with round arch and ornamental spandrels, flanking loggias with Tuscan columns, stilted arches and projecting wings. The southern wing has an apsidal end with machicolations and Cordovan tiled parapet and the northern wing has a similar tiled treatment with a statue of Mary and the Christ Child surmounting the main window.

      Inside, the chapel has a round arch to the sanctuary and exposed timber trusses in the Mission Style.

      Physical Description 2

      Convent of Our Lady of the Sacret Heart, 113 Jasper Road - Physical Description 2

      Integrity: High, with brick fence.

      Physical Description 3

      Convent of Our Lady of the Sacret Heart, 113 Jasper Road - Physical Description 3

      Condition: sound

      Historical Australian Themes

      Convent of Our Lady of the Sacret Heart, 113 Jasper Road - Historical Australian Themes

      Education - Catholic

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Glen Eira - City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan

      Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
      Year: 1996
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