Description

LEICESTER DARKER STREET
SK5804NE
No 3
1/435
- II

Hosier's house and hosiery workshops. c 1850.. Red brick with
painted ashlar dressings. Slate half-hipped roof with single gable
stack. House. 3 storey. 3 bay. Central doorway with single panel door
and overlight, flanked by single glazing bar sashes all with wedge
lintels. To the right a small doorway. Above a narrow glazing bar sash
with broader flanking similar sashes, all with wedge lintels. Above
again a small narrow glazing bar sash with flanking broader small
similar sashes. Beyond to left a single storey workshop addition with
glazed roof and 3 light casement window. Blake Street single bay front
has glazed door with glazing bar overlight and, above a single glazing
bar sash, both with wedge lintels. Above again, a small glazing bar
sash.
Hosiery workshops. 2 storey. 4 bay. Blake Street front with 4 workshop
windows and a doorway to the left, above 4, 3 light workshop windows.
Beyond to left a single bay gabled addition with a 2 light casement
to each floor.

Listing NGR: SK5855404870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542127

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)