Heron's nest

The Sisters of the Christian Retreat opened St. Anthony's Convent at Heron's Nest, Heron Street, in 1901, but to accommodate members of the order who had been expelled from France the convent was moved in 1904 to Heron Court in the same street, a house built opposite the Roman Catholic church in 1851 by Joseph Whitgreave.

Heron's Nest was retained as the residence of the nuns' chaplain until the early 1920's and was later sold.

[Trisha Ford]

Love it! Brings me back to my old days in Canterbury. :)

[Alecio]

Very beautiful shot!

[Fiona Kierans Dunne]

Nice capture :)

[Emer Hyland]

love the old look to it what year was it built?

[Tonje]

Cool door!

[Matt Clendon]

@tford @alecio @fluffy @tonje Thanks very much.

@emer Heron's Nest was built around 1901, the door's probably been replaced since then though a few times.

[Diana Horn]

This is a great shot. I love all the variations of brick and mortar that were used.

[Pyrrhula]

Love those old entrances/doors. great capture

[FaerieMoon]

This just turned out awesome--nice job!!!

[Amanda]

I really like the texture and feel in this! And really love the blue door.

[Wendy]

Great photo! Love the textures!

[Soyon]

I was just commenting on another photo that I love old doorknobs... ditto for old doors.

[Denise]

Love the character and composition in this shot. Wonderful shot.

[Maryellen Bauer]

This is beautiful.

[Caren]

This is so beautiful. So simple but there seems to be so much history and story to tell.

[Emme]

really beautifu!! I used to live in a street called Herons Walk.

[Bob Coffey]

nice shot

[Matt Clendon]

@ladydi @pyrrhula @clarissajohal @mandyrob @exposure4u @soybon @denisedaly @maryellen @shortperson2002 @lovemyflowers @mrangryuk A friend of mine who has a recording studio in what was once the convent recently told me this, "They say there's a tunnel under the road from there to Heron Court aka my studio! Not seen it myself but it goes back to when Heron Court was a convent." It's probably a bit of an urban myth, but who knows.

[Samantha]

This is beautiful! Great photo!

[Nicole Louise]

Beautiful Shot. Love these kind of photos =D

[Dee L.]

I really like this one. This is a picture I would hang im my home.