6 Ellerdale Road (now the Institute of St Marcellina) is a house built by the

Arts and Crafts movement The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and subsequently spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and America. Initiat ...

architect Richard Norman Shaw for himself in the period 1874 to 1876. It is a large red brick detached house between Frognal and

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsiz ...

in London. It was designated a Grade I

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

in 1950. Since 2006 it has been used as residential accommodation for foreign female students attending English courses in London. Run by the Sisters of

Saint Marcellina Marcellina (c. 327 – 397) was born in Trier, Gaul the daughter of the Praetorian prefect of Gaul, and was the elder sister of Ambrose of Milan and Satyrus of Milan. Marcellina devoted her life as a consecrated virgin to the practice of pray ...

, it is now known as Hampstead Towers.

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Camden listed buildings information
Houses in Hampstead Convents in England Grade I listed convents Grade I listed houses in London Richard Norman Shaw buildings Frognal {{london-struct-stub