Convent Of Poor Clares, Woodchester

A former convent of the Poor Clares is located in Woodchester near Stroud in Gloucestershire. The convent was home to nuns from the Poor Clares order from 1850 to 2011. The convent is based around a 17th-Century house that was enlarged in the 1850s. The dedicated convent buildings were built between 1861 to 1869 by Charles Hansom. A separate guest house was built around 1870 by Canon Scoles. The convent is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. The convent originally belonged to a Franciscan order before its adoption by the Poor Clares. Five sisters of the Poor Clares order remained at the convent's dissolution; they subsequently moved to a Poor Clares convent in Lynton, North Devon.

A former convent of the Poor Clares is located in Woodchester near Stroud in Gloucestershire. The convent was home to nuns from the Poor Clares order from 1850 to 2011. The convent is based around a 17th-Century house that was enlarged in the 1850s. The dedicated convent buildings were built between 1861 to 1869 by Charles Hansom. A separate guest house was built around 1870 by Canon Scoles. The convent is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. The convent originally belonged to a Franciscan order before its adoption by the Poor Clares. Five sisters of the Poor Clares order remained at the convent's dissolution; they subsequently moved to a Poor Clares convent in Lynton, North Devon.