Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Barrow upon Soar. In general the buildings are in the parish of Barrow upon Soar. You may need to check adjoining parishes or settlements.
Please note that the records describe the salient features of each property in order to aid identification: the records are not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

Statutory Listed Buildings
4A, Beveridge Street - Grade II
35-37, Beveridge Street - Grade II
22-24, Beveridge Street - Grade II
47 (with garden wall and attached Gazebo to rear), Beveridge Street - Grade II
49 and 49A, Beveridge Street - Grade II
51, Beveridge Street - Grade II
5 (Cliffe House), Bridge Street - Grade II
Bridge over the Soar, Bridge Street - Grade II
Holy Trinity Church, Church Street - Grade II*
Memorial to John Storer Beaumont, Church Street - Grade II
The Old Vicarage and Wall, Church Street - Grade II
No. 16 Almshouse, Church Street - Grade II
The Round House, Church Street - Grade II
3-11, Church Street - Grade II
13-21, Church Lane - Grade II
23-29, Church Street - Grade II
Humphrey Perkins School, Cotes Road - Grade II
Strancliffe Hall, Cotes Road - Grade II
Bridge Over Railway, High Street - Grade II
No. 1, Melton Road - Grade II
No. 4 Chipping Dall House, North Street - Grade II
24-32 Humphry Babington House, North Street - Grade II
24-32 Wall, Gate Piers and Gates, North Street - Grade II
7, South Street - Grade II
War Memorial, Melton Road - Grade II
Locally Listed Buildings
41, Cotes Road, Cotes Road - Locally Listed
Cemetery Chapels, Cotes Road - Locally Listed
Top Bridge, Grand Union Canal - Locally Listed
Paudy Farm, Horseshoe Cottage and Paudy Farmhouse, Melton Road - Locally Listed
14 (Factory), South Street - Locally Listed
The Hunting Lodge, South Street - Locally Listed
Gates and Stables, The Hunting Lodge - Locally Listed

4A, Beveridge Street - Grade II
House, Late C16. Timber framed, gable on to street, single storey with attic . Ground floor has modern door and window, and above this, perhaps formerly jettied, a cross beam and 2 corner posts braced to a curving collar beam, above which, beneath gable, is a casement window. Main timbers of facade are now planked over. Side elevation has rubble plinth, no sill beam and continuous vertical posts with arch braces, and interrupted cross beam, above which the ends of inner ceiling beams are visible. Pantiled roof.
35-37, Beveridge Street - Grade II
Early C18 house of 3 bays, now subdivided. Random granite rubble on plinths, slate and steep swithland slate roof with brick coping to left hand side: gable end stack, and axial ridge stack. A tall 2 storeys with attic. No. 35 now of 2 units with off-centre doorway (a good 3-panelled door). Flush framed windows have horizontal sliding sashes and many small panes. Doors and windows have stone flat arched heads with fluted keystones. No. 37 has modern doorway and wide sash windows (replacements). Small gabled dormers in roof. To the rear are 2 2-storey wings of brick and rubble. Dentilled and moulded brick eaves cornice.
22-24, Beveridge Street - Grade II
Large house, late C16/early C17. Coursed limestone on rubble plinth, with swithland slate roof. Hall and cross wing plan with a 3rd unit below hall stack. 2 storeys with attic in crow stepped brick gable of cross wing: this attic window has semi-circular relieving arch over. Other windows are long low 4-light wood mullioned casements with leaded diamond lattices. Tall projecting porch, stone with brick gable, and plain timber architraves to doorway at junction of hall and cross wing. Below hall range, a large stone chimney stack with brick shafts. To the rear on north side, an angled wing, and projecting porch in classical style. South end wall has brick and rubble buttressing. Reputedly the birthplace and home of Bishop Beveridge, born 1636-7, Bishop of St Asaphs, 1704-8.
47 (with garden wall and attached Gazebo to rear), Beveridge Street - Grade II
House in 2 distinct sections, late C17 extended and modified later. Rear gable of wing dated 1691 in burnt headers. Flemish bond brickwork throughout but with vitrified headers to southern section, and all on a rubble plinth. Northern section is later and of 2 storeys and 2 units, with swithland slate roof and central stack. Windows are replacements of c1840: sashes with margin lights, projecting from wall face. Brick heads (to former openings?) visible, one curved one flat. Brick sill course and dentilled eaves cornice. South range is late C17 or early C18, also of 2 storeys and 2 bays with doorway to left, an elegant fluted doorcase with overlight, in a derived classical style, windows are projecting sashes with margin lights. Moulded brick eaves cornice, tiled roof and ridge stack behind door. C17 house contains remnants of earlier timber framed structure, including portion of an upper cruck. C18 panelled doors etc.
49 and 49A, Beveridge Street - Grade II
Pair of houses, late C18. 2 storeys with attics with gabled dormer windows. Brickwork now rendered but plinth, string course and eaves cornice visible beneath. Sash windows with margin lights and keystones over. 49 is a 2-unit plan, with doorway off-centre, similar to that of No. 47, a fluted derived classical case with traceried overlight. 49a is a single unit, with doorway at gable end. Slate roof throughout, and single storey rubble wing to rear.
51, Beveridge Street - Grade II
Small house, early C19; rendered brickwork with slate roof, a low 2 storeys 2 unit plan with central doorway. Upper windows are many paned horizontal sliding sashes, lower windows are broad vertical sashes. All windows and doorway have segmental arched heads.
5 (Cliffe House), Bridge Street - Grade II
Large house, c1800. Brickwork with low pitched hipped slate roof. White painted sill courses and wood eaves cornice. Side and rear are a whiter brick. 3 storeys, upper storey of less height. 3 bays - central bay projects slightly, and has door with overlight and stone architrave with massive carved stone consoles supporting a balcony with good wrought iron work and french windows opening onto it. Other windows are sashes with fine gauged brick heads, those to 3rd storey are lower and have thick wooden architraves.
Bridge over the Soar, Bridge Street - Grade II
Bridge, 1845. 3 main arches, 2 sub-arches. Squared granite facing with brick soffits, 4 tooled granite pilasters over cutwaters. Tooled voussoirs and keystones. Coped parapet.
Holy Trinity Church, Church Street - Grade II*
Large parish church, medieval in plan and in much of interior, externally Victorian following a restoration and rebuilding (chancel, 1862, west tower and thorough restoration, 1870). West tower, nave with 2 aisles, and clerestory, transepts and chancel. Pink random granite rubble with white sandstone dressings, south porch and clerestory faced in sandstone. West tower has 2 principal stages, buttressed, and capped by thin corner pinnacles above a decorative frieze. 2-light openings to bell chamber with heavy tracery. Large clock on south face below. Large south porch with embattled parapet and heavy gargoyles. Church parapetted throughout, and buttressed - the buttresses also have white stone dressings and copings to gabled and trefoiled tops. Various types of window tracery: clerestory is perpendicular, aisle windows a late decorated style, with reticulated curves. All windows have hoodmoulds terminating in large and massy foliate corbels. Chancel has a different and distinctive decorative scheme: buttresses have small projecting grotesque carvings, decorative frieze (foliage, beasts etc) below parapet and a later decorated window tracery pattern, with spare tracery lines. Interior has nave arcade of 4 bays, with double chamfered arches on round piers, late C13. Easternmost piers have 4 shafts and relate to C14 building of transepts (existing transepts are C19). Perpendicular clerestory and nave roof - low pitched cambered trusses with traceried panels, supported on angel brackets, and with gilded bosses. Large chancel has fine carved choir stalls (1918), turned C17 altar rails, and an ornate stone reredos, representing the Last supper, heavily undercut, also sedilia, 1884. Chancel roof a plain timber low-pitched structure, with decorated cambered trusses and cornice. East window, a memorial to various C17 local figures is by Powell and Co., 1890. So is the stained glass window in the south aisle, C1929. Chancel contains memorial to Theophilus Cave, d. 1656, in mannerist style with well-turned epigram. In south transept, a memorial to Martha Utber, 1745, a kneeling female figure at a prie-dieu in a surround with pilasters, broken pediment and arms.
Memorial to John Storer Beaumont, Church Street - Grade II
Monumental tomb, C1813, mounted on 3 oval steps. Sandstone. Rectangular base with decorated consoles projecting at angles, and curved ends with engaged circular columns on which are emblems of the passion and death in high relief, and capping ball finials. Above this a large funerary urn. Slate inscription plates commemorate Elizabeth Beaumont, d1813, John Storer Beaumont, d1835, and others.
The Old Vicarage and Wall, Church Street - Grade II
House, late C18, possible earlier core. Brickwork with slate roof. 2 storeys and attic. A shallow ‘H’ plan. 3 bay central range with central doorway - 6 panelled door beneath shallow bracketted porch. Left hand wing has canted bay to ground floor, and blind window in gable. Right hand wing has 3-light sash window to ground floor in the palladian manner. Other windows are 9-light sashes with flat gauged brick heads. 2 projecting stacks to each side elevation, of brick and rubble.
Adjoining the house, a brick and granite boundary wall with slate copings: immediately adjacent to house is a gateway leading to churchyard - a 4-centred stone arch way beneath a raised and moulded architrave.
No. 16 Almshouse, Church Street - Grade II
Almshouses, founded in 1686 by Humphrey Babington in memory of his Uncle, Theophilus Cave, and intended to house 6 bachelors. A deep ‘U’ plan, 2 storeys. Lower storey is original, random granite rubble, with later (early C19?) flemish bond brickwork to 1st floor. Limestone and brick dressings - limestone quoins. Hipped slate roof. Windows are elaborately latticed casements (but some have been replaced). Central range of 3 bays containing a central projecting stone porch with Tuscan pilasters, and above the architrave, an overlight. Above this, a broken pediment containing coat of arms. Boundary wall adjoins, with central stone gateway with Tuscan pilasters, architrave and broken pediment with arms and inscription plate beneath. Large consoles link gateway to boundary wall on each side.
The Round House, Church Street - Grade II
Hearse house and lock-up. Dated 1827 over the door. Small single storey octagonal brick building, with slate roof with stone cap. Wide double doorway on one side, with brick arched head, the entrance front chamfered outwards at the angles. Two small barred windows with brick arched heads.
3-11, Church Street - Grade II
Row of 5 cottages, late C18. Single unit, 2 storeys, with 6-panelled doors and brick arched heads to doors and windows which were originally horizontal sliding sashes, although all but 2 have been replaced.
13-21, Church Lane - Grade II
Row of 5 cottages backing onto Churchyard. 13 is C16 or C17 timber framed with various brick infillings - others are brick, dating from or replaced in late C18 - all are 2 storeys, 2 unit plan, with horizontal sliding sash windows with small panes, though many of these have been replaced. Rear elevations show rubble to ground floor. Ridge stacks, slate roofs. No. 13 has large panel timber framing, 3 bays, 2 panels high. Sill beam is well above ground level, and one vertical post passes below the sill and rests on a stone.
23-29, Church Street - Grade II
Row of 4 cottages. Early C19 single unit. 2 storeys, Brickwork with slate roofs and ridge stacks. 6-panelled doors and casement windows - one has many small panes but others look like replacements. Brick segmental arched heads to doors and windows.
Humphrey Perkins School, Cotes Road - Grade II
School, 1901 in Arts and Crafts style by George Barrowcliffe of Loughborough. Red brick and rough cast with plain tiled roof. 2 storey house projects to south with brick ground floor and roughcast upper floor and ornate octagonal stair window in re-entrant angle with concave leaded cap. School range of 1½ storeys with central wood cupola and coped North gable. Central battered chimney stack flanked by 2 brick dormer gables with leaded lights. Projecting single storey wing to North with large leaded light window and stone date plaque. Between the wings, a single storey passage way with flat coped parapets, and containing 2 doors in moulded stone surrounds.
Strancliffe Hall, Cotes Road - Grade II
Large house, dated 1868 over entrance. Brick with hipped slate roof. 2 storeys. Entrance front of 4 bays. Brick angle quoins, stone brackets supporting overhanging roof, and stone string course. Sash windows with glazing bars, some with stone architraves and consoles. Entrance porch has Tuscan columns and heavy entablature. Doorway has segmental brick arch with stone keystone bearing date and initials C.E., and a traceried fanlight. To right of door a full height bay window, leaded to 1st floor. Garden from (SW) of 3 bays with recessed centre. Central bay has curved projecting porch with Tuscan columns and roundheaded door. Wrought iron balcony over, and 3 round arched tall leaded lights. Outer bays have bow windows to ground floor, of 3 lights, and canted wood bay windows over. Lower and middle windows have flat stone heads. Roof projects on stone brackets and is carried straight across the recessed centre of the building. Decorative detail of eaves brackets repeated on tall chimney stacks. Inside, a recessed porch opens on to a central full height hall with circular gallery at 1st floor level.
Bridge Over Railway, High Street - Grade II
Bridge carrying road over deep railway cutting c1875. Squared granite piers carrying 2 cast iron spans with ‘snow flake’ motif pattern pierced in spandrels. Solid cast iron plates for parapets with panels in high relief, and fragments of handrail.
No. 1, Melton Road - Grade II
Late C18 cottage. Randomly bonded brickwork with slate roof. 2 storeys, single unit plan. Gable end stack. 3-light horizontal sliding sash windows. Single unit wing to rear. Forms a group with 7-9 South Street.
No. 4 Chipping Dall House, North Street - Grade II
House. C17, c1820 and C1880. Charnwood granite, red brick and render with slate roofs. 2 gable, one ridge and 2 wall stacks. 2 storey. Main front has central doorway with gabled wooden porch, with glazed outer door and panelled inner door with overlight. Eitherside are single plain sashes, above 3 glazing bar sashes linked by a continuous sill, all these windows have painted wedge lintels. To the left a projecting late C19 wing, with a gabled front with a canted bay window on the ground floor and a single plain sash above. Rear facade has central projecting gabled porch with plank door and overlight to the left a single sliding sash to each floor, and to the right a C20 casement above. To the right a projecting C17 wing of Charnwood granite with beyond a C19 rendered lean-to of dressed lias limestone with two 2-light casements. Interior. Retains a stick baluster staircase and a late C19 stair with chamfered newels. Chamfered beams with label stops in the rear wing. Early C19 fireplaces on the upper floors with dog-grates. The remaining wooden fireplaces are late C19 with decorative tile surrounds, one with an ornate wooden overmantle. Doors are panelled. Some dado panelling also survives.
24-32 Humphry Babington House, North Street - Grade II
Alms houses, dated 1825. Founded as a women’s almshouse, extending the original bequest of Humphrey Babington, founder of Theophilus Cave’s almshouses. White brickwork in a thin gothic style. 2 storeys 5 bays. Central bay a projecting steeply pitched gable with polygonal chimneys on angles like turrets, central doorway, a pointed arch beneath a hoodmould, blocked and now a window. Above this a 2-light gothic arched window and over this, the inscription tablet and a coat of arms. Gable is parapetted and has decorative string course following the angle of the roof. This string course continues across the facade, as does parapet. Other bays contain 2-light windows in gothic style, with latticed panes and hoodmoulds. Corner buttresses and gable and chimney stacks. The building was altered in 1976, to change the accommodation internally.
24-32 Wall, Gate Piers and Gates, North Street - Grade II
Retaining wall to almshouse gardens, gate piers and gates. 1825. Brick with stone coping. Polygonal gate piers, wrought iron gates and overarch.
7, South Street - Grade II
Pair of cottages, late C18. Brickwork with rubble walling to rear, and brick sill course on main facade. 2 storeys, 2 unit plan, refenestrated. Some earlier windows survive at rear. 9 is entered from the rear, 2 units with central stack.
Forms a group with 1 Melton Road.
War Memorial, Melton Road = Grade II
War Memorial. 1921. Designed by William Douglas Caroe (1865-1938). Clipsham stone. A cross on a tall shaft raised on a square pedestal and stepped hexagonal base. Decorative carved features including a niche near the foot of the base of the shaft containing a figure of St George. Inscribed "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS" and with the names of those that died. In 1920 the Parish Council decided to erect a memorial to the dead of the First World War. Paid for by public subscription, it was dedicated in May 1921 by Col R E Martin of the Leicestershire Regiment. It was subsequently also dedicated to the dead of the Second World War.
Summary of importance: A good example of a memorial to the dead of the First and Second World Wars. Designed by an eminent architect.
41, Cotes Road, Cotes Road - Locally Listed
Large Private House. Late C19 / Early C20. Italianate / Domestic Revival styling. Buff brickwork with feature string courses and dentilated eaves. Hipped and gabled slate roof with deep eaves carried on shaped timber bearers. 2 rectangular stone capped ridge stacks to main building. Canted bay windows with vertical sliding sashes to garden facade Elsewhere a mixture segmental and half round brick arched heads to window and door openings. Concealed from public view, standing in landscaped grounds with specimen planting
Cemetery Chapels, Cotes Road - Locally Listed
Cemetry Chapels. C19. Gothic Revival style. Perhaps contemporary with reconstruction work at Holy Trinity church attributed to Stevens & Robinson of Derby. Mountsorrel granite walls with buttresses. 2nd pointed stone arched openings and stone quoins and copings. Rose window within L or SE gable. Steep pitched Swithland slate roof surmounted by a small lead flashed octagonal spike.
Top Bridge, Grand Union Canal - Locally Listed
Cattle Bridge. BWB No 32. C18 local red brick. Elliptical barrel vault construction with brick on end dressing to arched openings and bullnosed copings to parapet.
Paudy Farm, Horseshoe Cottage and Paudy Farmhouse, Melton Road - Locally Listed
Cluster of Farm Buildings including Farmhouse, Tied Cottage and Barns, currently used as Livery Stables. Barns and Horseshoe Cottage probably C18. Vernacular styling. Generally mellow red brick. Swithland slate pitched roof. Cottage, 2 storeys with small paned casement windows and off centre gable stack. Barn fronting main road pierced with diamond shaped honeycomb brick ventilation openings. 4 vents on each side of storey height doors. Some barns at rear of premises appear to be in poor condition.
14 (Factory), South Street - Locally Listed
Originally a Textile Factory. Now Offices for European Leisure. Late C19. Mountsorrel granite walls with brick quoins and dentilated eaves. Brick arch heads to all openings. 2 storey core contained between 2 three storey annexes attached at right angles’. Original metal framed fenestration replaced with a mixture of styles.
The Hunting Lodge, South Street - Locally Listed
Private Hotel / Public House. Late Victorian combining Gothic & Domestic Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with stone quoins and stone dressings to all openings. Multi-gabled with steep pitched Swithland slate roofs. Tudor style brick ridge stacks. Deep eaves. Decorated timber gable fascias. Part 3 & part 2 storeys.Generally paired 2 light vertical sliding sash windows on main elevation.
Gates and Stables, The Hunting Lodge - Locally Listed
Stable Block Late C19/early C20. Local red brick on Mountsorrel granite plinth. Swithland slate pitched roofs with stone copings to gables and eaves. Attached brick gate piers with stone string course at 2/3 height surmounted by stone acorn style finial. Timber gates with inverted arched head recently replaced by crude metal gates.