Kelton Convent, Woodlands Road, Aigburth
AROUND £7.5m is to be spent to restore a derelict former convent in South Liverpool into luxury apartments.
The former Kelton Convent, Woodlands Road, Aigburth, will be converted into 14 apartments and 26 new flats will also be built in two new wings in the grounds to help pay for the restoration of the existing grade II listed buildings.
Liverpool council’s planning committee heard yesterday that without the new flats the restoration would not be possible as the work will cost £7.5m but the apartments will sell for less than £5m.
Five nearby residents wrote to the council to oppose the scheme for a variety of reasons which included protests about the increase in traffic in the area and loss of amenity.
Architect Richard Cass told the committee that the building would be restored to its former glory.
Carmelite Monastery, Liverpool
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There's a proposal to demolish the Carmelite Monestery in Honeysgreen Lane Liverpool 12, a planning application has been received by Liverpool City Council.
Proposal
To develop the site for sheltered housing, comprising 84 units (78 flats in blocks of between 2 and 3 storeys in height and 6 bungalows) with associated community facilities, car parking and ancillary works, following the demolition of the existing monastery
There are 16 Carmelite Monasteries in England, 4 in Scotland and 1 in Wales. Almost 300 nuns live in these 21 Carmels. Their lives are dedicated to prayer in silence and solitude. "ASSOCIATION OF CARMELITE NUNS IN GREAT BRITAIN"
Not to be flippant, but does this mean that today there are fewer women taking vows of "silence and solitude"? ?Anon
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