The Salon
The Salon faces the beautiful Convent Courtyard and features original decorative stenciling, timber work and fireplaces. Conferences and meetings for up to 80 seated or 150 standing are able to be accommodated comfortably. Access to the nearby kitchen is available by negotiation.
The historic ambiance of the Salon and its location within the Convent building ensures that your event will be unique.
History of The Salon
This room was very special to the Sisters as it was the space where they received their visitors on a monthly basis. Within this large airy room, family and friends supped tea and ate the ‘thinly sliced bread & butter’ that the Good Shepherd Sisters were famous for providing. The Sisters did not eat or drink in the presence of their visitors.
The frieze that surrounds the entire ceiling area was painted by the father of Sister Monica, who at 90 years old in 2007, still resides in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, which is next door to the Convent building. No other space anywhere in the Convent building or in any other edifice on site, has a frieze; so this one is indeed unique.
The two large doors that open out onto the lovely courtyard were used only by the Sisters – the guests would have entered the space through the front door of the Convent building because only members of the Good Shepherd Order were allowed to walk the exterior cloisters surrounding the Convent building.
The large Liquid Amber tree that can be viewed from the Salon was planted in the mid-50’s to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sadly the tree was pot bound when it was planted so it has grown in a non-sustainable manner and an arborist recently declared it to be ‘a serial limb dropper’. In the near future the tree will need to be removed from the courtyard area and something else planted there instead. Prior to the planting of the Liquid Amber tree, the courtyard was graced by a giant palm tree which complimented the Palm Garden which still exists to the left of The Salon.
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