The Bar Convent features a distinct neoclassical facade with a triangular pediment, standing as the oldest living convent in England. Behind these walls, Frances Bedingfield established a secret school for Catholic girls in sixteen eighty-six. During a period when practicing the faith invited imprisonment, the sisters built a hidden chapel with a high dome to evade detection. They taught students in these quiet rooms for centuries, maintaining their mission even when the law strictly forbade their presence in the city.
The Bar Convent
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