The School Building

On the ground floor, six rounded arches decorate this building’s courtyard-facing exterior, two of which are fronted by a modern conservatory, while glass double doors, flanked on either side by picture windows, provide access to the four classrooms on this floor, all topped with exposed ceiling beams. The first one leads to a storage room, whereas, a lavatory for children as well as a furnace room with a fuel furnace are located over on the far right side of the building.
With three glass doors and two windows, the first floor is accessible via an outdoor walkway, which leads to four more classrooms. The door in the middle is topped with a semi-circular glazed fanlight with a flower motif, typical of the 19th century, while the four other openings are crowned with archetypal glazed fanlights. From the last classroom on this floor, a small corridor provides access to a half-level, which includes an immense office with oak hardwood floors and a lavatory.
In addition, this small corridor also leads to an interior wooden staircase, which makes it possible to reach the second floor, where two other classrooms are located. This level is also cadenced by four large-paned windows and a glass door, all topped with semi-circular glazed fanlights with flower motifs, while the glass door provides access, via an exterior metal staircase, to the courtyard.
Continuing on from the previous staircase, a second flight of original wooden steps leads to the last floor where the former nuns’ quarters are located, which all receive ample sunlight from five gabled dormer windows, supported, in turn, by a wide stone and brick cornice.
Although well preserved, the original hardwood floors that can be found throughout this building have been covered with linoleum in several of the classrooms.

The Chapel Building

Facing the entrance, this two-storey building is accessible via an initial door that opens onto a classroom as well as a second, which provides access to a hallway that leads to the deconsecrated chapel. A notable element in this group of buildings, the latter once belonged to the parish church dedicated to Saint Michael, which, over the centuries of its existence, was moved, destroyed, rebuilt and then renovated in the middle of the 19th century. Its street-side façade, from the 18th century, includes enormous wooden double doors, framed by two pilasters and topped by a cornice, which is, in turn, crowned by four pilasters symmetrically placed on either side of an alcove, while a triangular pediment crowns the whole and a sundial reminds passers-by of the passage of time.
Thanks to the talent of a local painter, the chapel houses luminous and delicate painted décor like its breath-taking triptych altarpiece that inspires reverential contemplation. In addition, a narrow tile rug with original painted cement tiles leads to the choir, raised up on a platform, which includes the stone altar, while, on the left, a doorway provides access to a narrow sacristy.
Above the chapel, flooded in light, the entire floor is occupied by a classroom of approximately 190 m² with light-colour hardwood floors.

The Refectory Building with Classrooms and a Separate Flat

Designed to resemble one another architecturally, this building corresponds to the school building opposite thanks to its six archways on the ground floor, whereas, upstairs, six glass double doors are crowned with semi-circular fanlights with flower motifs. In addition, all these doors are safeguarded by finely crafted guardrails, composed of flat iron balusters, the centre of which includes a daisy surrounded and framed by delicately sculpted leaves, while, under the handrail, a vegetal scroll motif completes the work. Lastly, six small semi-circular windows under the eaves, which today are sealed, once provided light to the accommodations on this level.
With three dining rooms from the former refectory, the ground floor also includes several kitchens and cold rooms as well as a number of offices, cloakrooms, machine rooms and storage rooms necessary for operating institutional catering services. A staircase from the 18th century leads to the first floor, which has, on the left, three classrooms, an office and a shower room, while, on the right, there is a flat with a living room, kitchen, five bedrooms, a bathroom, pantry and a second, separate staircase. All the rooms on this level have hardwood floors with the exception of the bathrooms.
As for the second floor, it is accessible via another staircase from the 18th century, this time made out of dark oak. On this level, a hallway leads, on the right, to six monastic cells once used by nuns, whereas, to the left, an attic space extends over approximately 100 m².
Lastly, a final wooden staircase provides access to the building’s majestic and well-preserved wooden rafters.

The Garage

Abutting the left corner of the former refectory wing, a garage, with approximately 21 m², is accessible via a white metal gate.

The Private Accommodations

With an independent entrance from a side street, the dwelling, with approximately 120 m², is spread out over three floors. The ground floor includes an entrance hall; the first floor has a landing that provides access to a kitchen of approximately 41 m², while the second floor has three bedrooms of approximately 10 m² each, a dining room-kitchen of approximately 25 m², a cloakroom, a shower room and a lavatory.

The Interior Courtyard

Surrounded by buildings, extending over nearly 440 m² and planted with a number of healthy plane trees, the courtyard is mostly tarmacked. In front of the school, an enclosed playground of approximately 75 m² is covered in bouncy playground flooring adapted for children.