Well there was no divine intervention, the wreckers have moved in on Brigid House the Horsham Brigidine Convent - see previous post of 4th February Closed for ever. On the 15th April demolition contractors Calora began knocking down the historic building. Apparently work was meant to start in January, but was delayed due to paperwork (the pen was mightier than the sword for a few months).
While I was taking these photos late in the evening of the 15th it was amazing to see all the passing traffic slow to take in the sight, and other people getting out of their cars to walk around the chain link fence lamenting the passing of an era, including one father and preschooler son in pjs and gum-boots (the son not the father).
After this flurry of activity the work has slowed/stalled again with only the West Wing gone.
The impressive brick building has been a convent to the nuns, a boarding school for students, and most recently classrooms for the Primary School.
What was it about empty windows being eyes to the soul, or the other way around, but it is soul-less now
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