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Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Cossington. In general the buildings are in the parish of Cossington. 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.

Ratcliffe College, 351 Fosse Way (east side) - Grade II
School. 1844 and after, and 1875. By A W N Pugin (the principal front and plan), completed by J A Hansom. Chapel by Edward Pugin. Red brick with stone plinth and dressings and Welsh slate roof with stone coped gables and brick and stone ridge, end and projecting stacks (some restored and some few truncated). The flues are diagonally placed and have stone battlemented tops. In the Gothic style, with quadrangle behind principal front. 2½ storeys of 17 most 2 light windows in stone frames: paired cusped lancets, with ogee headed lights. Ground floor windows similar but with transoms. Projecting tower to left, 2 front projecting stacks and, on either end, a facing gable with stepped buttresses, Tower of 3 stages has 2 leaved door with ornamental hinges under Gothic arched surround. Above right a tablet carved with the Crucifixion. A 4 light stone oriel over, and niche with statue above. A one light to either side of this. Above is a frieze with gargoyles, battlements, 2 side stacks and turret to right. To right of principal front a further 2 leaved door with ornamental hinges and stone overlight of 3 lights with cusped heads. In left gable attic a 2 light and small trefoil window over. On right gable a 3 light decorated window with C19 stained glass and a niche with statue over. Four 2 light dormers. On left side a front in similar style. On right side, next to corner, 5 tall flat topped windows with reticulated tracery. The quadrangle behind the principal front has a cloister corridor running round 3 sides with buttresses and similar windows of 2 and 3 lights and an open arcade of Gothic arches of later C19 opposite the principal front. Ranges of 2½ and 3 storeys with 2 light dormers, that to left partly rebuilt later C20 after fire. Behind the arcade range the former chapel, of 1875, now subdivided vertically and horizontally. Its W front, to rear, is of red brick striped with stone and blue brick. Central 2 leaved door with ornamental hinges under many moulded arch. To either side of door a quatrefoil with carved relief in centre. Long inscription band over. Above this is a row of 5 narrow lancets with a large elaborate rose window over. C19 stained glass. At the gable apex a corbled stone bellcote with small gables and spire. Inside in what are now a dormitory and library can be seen a 10 bay roof of Mansard shape with curved braces and wall posts. The plaster ceiling panels are decorated, probably in stencil work, with coloured roses and shields. In the library are the windows of the polygonal apse: 5 groups of 3 lancets divided by shafts with foliage capitals. C19 stained glass in 3 groups. Behind the gable to the right of the principal front an open timber roof to an earlier chapel. Large later C19 and C20 additions. Ratcliffe was the first Catholic College to be founded in England since the Reformation. Pevsner.
Hallside, The Hall and Close Cottage, Main Street (east side) - Grade II
House, now subdivided into 3 dwellings. C18, probably with C17 origins. White washed brick and Swithland slate roof, with various ridge and end stacks. Windows in Strawberry Hill Gothic style. Projecting gables either end. 2½ storeys of mostly 2 light pointed arch casements: 1 light on left gable, two 2 lights in centre, and two 2 lights on right gable. Similar windows on ground floor and part glazed door in right centre inner angle within large early C20 gabled wooden porch. Within each gable a similar 1 light, nogged brick band over and apex stack. Battlemented parapet along front. Rear garden front higher with 2 projecting wings, hipped roof, sashes and bay windows. Extending from left end of front along the street and then at right angles a rubble stone and brick garden wall.3cm high with prominent buttresses. Entrance to Hallside on left side and to Close Cottage on right side.
91 and 93 (Lime Tree Cottage), Main Street (east side) - Grade II
Cottage, formerly two. C17 and c1800. Red brick, part with rubble stone plinth, and timber framing and Swithland slate roof with brick ridge and rear wing end stacks. Front range of C17 with timber framing, wing extending to rear of c1800. Front range of 2½ storeys of two 3 light centre opening casements with top lights both floors with small 1st floor 1 light. To right 6 panelled door with overlight. Timber framing of 2 bays of 3x3 panels, brick nogging. On left end a 1½ storey lean-to with 6 panelled door and overlight. 1 light on left end and 2 light in gable above. Two storey wing to rear with further casements and sashes and door. Wall posts and beams visible inside. Inglenook.
129, Main Street (east side) - Grade II
Cottage. C18/C19 with late medieval origins. Timber framed, rendered and whitewashed and Welsh slate roof with brick left end stack. Gable facing, front to right. 1½ storeys of leaded light casements: two 2 lights, door and 3 light, two 3 light dormers over. On left facing gable a small 1 light and pair of cruck blades visible. Beams inside and the bottom part only of a further pair of blades.
133 and 137, Main Street (east side) - Grade II
Range of two cottages, originally three. Late C19. Granite rubble stone with brick dressings and brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with brick right ridge and end stacks. Two storeys of six 2 light leaded casements, three shorter than others when over porches. On ground floor are three 3 light leaded casements with cambered lintels. To the left of each a gabled porch with Swithland slate roof, wood dentilled cornice and open work trefoil at the apex. A plank door beneath each. Catslide roof to rear. Included for group value.
40 (Millstream Cottage), Main Street (west side) - Grade II
House, formerly 2 cottages, C18. Red brick, whitewashed to front, and thatch roof with brick right ridge and end stacks, that on right end projecting. 2 ranges, that to left with coped gables, of 2 storeys of a 3 light centre opening casement with top lights. Range to right of 1½ storeys of three 2 light eyebrow dormers over wooden porch with thatch roof and part glazed door and 1 light within, and two 3 light centre opening casements with top lights. On left end a lean-to with Welsh slate roof and similar casement and 2 light casement in gable above. To rear a 1½ storey wing with further stack.
44, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Cottage. C16. Post and span timber framing with rough cast nogging and whitewashed brick to rear and Swithland slate roof with brick valley stack of 2 flues placed diagonally. 2 storeys of a 3 light casement over door to left and 4 light casement. 1st floor has herringbone pattern framing, and is jettied. Both casements have early C19 cast iron ornamental glazing bars. Left end adjoins No. 46 whilst right end has a 2 light both floors and framing forming quatrefoil in gable. Early c19 second span to rear, and 1 storey extension.
War Memorial, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
War memorial. C1920. Stone square pedestal with inscription, on plinth forming 2 steps all round. From pedestal rises a tapering shaft which becomes a cross with arms joined by curving pieces of stone carved as wreath. Reversed sword carved on front. Included for group value.
Church of All Saints, Main Street (west side) - Grade II*
Church. C13-C15 and C19. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof to chancel and S porch, the rest leaded and parapetted roofs. Stone coped gables. West tower, nave, aisles, chancel and S porch. Tower of C13 of 3 stages with small blocked W door, W lancest with C19 stained glass, N and S lancets, 4 bell openings with hoodmoulds, head frieze and battlements. Triple chamfered nave arch. C13 4 bay N arcade with double chamfered arches on circular piers. Early C14 4 bay S arcade with double sunk quadrant moulded arches on quatrefoil piers. Perp clerestory with four 3 light windows either side and C19 4 bay low pitch tie beam roof. N aisle with buttresses with set offs and part battlemented parapet. NW window with Y tracery, blocked N door, 2 N windows with C19 stained glass, and NE window with Y tracery and C19 stained glass. By chancel arch part of spiral stairway to former rood, and a squint to both aisles. Early C14 chancel. Windows with reticulated tracery those to W on both sides originally ‘low side’, that to S now with lower section blocked. E window with intersected tracery and stained glass c1918 by Strachan. Fine sedilia with ogee arches and piscina, and on N wall a C14 tomb recess, with ogee arch over the alabaster tomb chest of Dr Matthew Knightley, a former Rector of 1556. Incised top and carved sides. Chancel S door. S windows have C19 stained glass. C19 boarded wagon roof. S aisle has buttresses and part battlemented parapet. SE window has geometric tracery and stained glass of 1862. Two S windows with Y tracery and SW window with restored Y tracery. Early C14 S doorway and C19 S porch. Round font, possibly C13/C14, with C17 restored cover. Restored perp screen and pulpit. Choir stall ends probably of same date, partly restored. Some benches with linenfold panelling c1500. In N aisle under E window tomb with recumbent effigy of priest, c1320. In chancel alabaster wall monument to Rev. William Stavely, a former Rector, of 1652. Further early C19 wall monuments, a rectangular painting of the Royal Arms of Georgian period and c1700 painting of the Creed, Commandments and Lord’s Prayer with portraits of Moses and Aaron. Carved frame. Pevsner.
Vestry at Churchyard of All Saints, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Detached vestry. Dated 1835. Granite rubble stone and brick and Welsh slate hipped roof with brick side stack. One storey. Central doorway with stone surround and door. Stone tablet over carved with Babington coat of arms and inscribed ‘Erected April 1835’. A small niche either side. On right side two 3 light casements the top glazing bars forming Gothic arches. Was used as meeting room and place of shelter by ‘Temperance’ groups organised and brought from Leicester by Thomas Cook (of Cook’s Tours). Both he and William Babington, Rector of Cossington, were interested in this movement. Information from present Rector.
54 (The Old Rectory), Main Street (west side) - Grade II*
House. Late C15, C16, C18 and early C19. Granite rubble stone with quoins and stone dressings and timber framing with rough cast nogging. Swithland slate twin span and other roofs (Welsh slate to rear of 2nd span) with brick end and side stacks. Two storeys, 5 ranges: centre right of late C15/early C16, left of early C19, 2nd span to rear of late C18, cross wing on right of late C16 of very elaborate timber framing, and wing behind this with rough cast walls, perhaps late medieval in origin. Range centre right has central part projecting stack with immediately to right a two storey canted bay with stone mullions and transoms: 2:4:2 lights. Leaded lights. Hoodmould to ground floor. 1st floor lights have cusped heads, Y tracery and crenellated transom. Parapet over with a frieze of shields in quatrefoils and battlements above. Small dormer door behind. To left two 2 light leaded casements, one with top lights, over door and overlight within rounded arch, and similar 2 light with top lights. Left range has, on both floors, a 4 light stone mullion window with leaded sashes and hoodmould. On left end a similar 2 light window and 2 light casement over. Rear range has two storeys of five 2 light mullion and transom windows, though 6/6 sashes replace those in the 2 ground floor windows to left. Central doorcase with 6 panelled door (the 4 upper panels glazed), fanlight and canopy on brackets. Stone dressings and eaves cornice. The cross wing on right of front also of two storeys, the small square panels ornamented with quatrefoils, curved braces and the initials I.A.E. Inside are moulded ceiling beams and late C18 staircase. Formerly the Rectory. Pevsner.
Coach House and Stable at 54, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Coach house and stable, perhaps originally long barn. Late C16/C17, modified C19. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth, whitewashed to front, and 4 bays of square panelled timber framing to rear. Welsh slate roof with brick left ridge stack. Long 1½ storey range with double door, doors, stable door and small windows. Small loft dormer centre right. Tie beam trus on left end. 6 bay tie beam roof, one truss however being formed by pair of upper cruck blades.
60 (Old Manor House), Main Street (west side) - Grade II
House. C17. Whitewashed render with plinth and band and Welsh and Swithland slate roof with brick central ridge and rear stacks. Slightly lower gable to right, 2 storeys of leaded casements: 3 light, 1 light, 3 light, 2 light over two 3 lights, 6 panelled oak door within slope top wooden porch, and a 1 light. On left end a one storey extension with door and 2 light.
68, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
House. C18 and early C19. Red brick and Welsh and Swithland slate roof with brick central ridge and end stacks. Early C19 range faces street, C18 range projects to rear on right. Two storeys of four 3 light centre opening casements. Wooden doorcase centre right with bracketted flat canopy, 6 panelled door and overlight . Outshut to rear. Rear range with 2 light casements with toplights.
74, Main Street (west side) - Grade II
Cottage. Earlier C19. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks, each with 2 octagonal flues. In Tudor style with hoodmoulds to ground floor, ornamental brick frames to 1st floor windows, narrow moulded band over, and parapet 2 storeys of 3 casements: 2 light, 1 light, 2 light over a 2 light either side central door. This and each light of windows has Tudor arch to frame. Casements have small panes. Walling containing the 2 light casements projects forward slightly.
Bridge (part in Cossington Parish), Syston Road - Grade II
Bridge. C1800. Ashlar, with granite rubble stone ramps. Five segmental arches with red brick under. Square piers at intervals along parapet. Splayed ends. Carries road over River Wreake.
Cossington Mill, Syston Road (south side) - Grade II
Restaurant, formerly mill. C17, restored, and with later modifications. White washed brick and timber framing in large panels with brick nogging and Swithland slate hipped roof with two brick and C20 metal projecting stacks. Two storeys of leaded light casements. L plan, wing projecting on right with brick coped gable. Ground floor of brick, timber framing begins at 1st floor level and whole floor is one panel high. Facing is the main range of one bay wide with jettied 1st floor projection containing a 2 light casement. Door under archway below and 2 light to side. Wing to right projects a bay and here a 2 light and 1 light with 3 light below. On the facing gable a 1 storey extension with Swithland slate roof formerly housing the mill wheel. Attic 2 light. On left end is 1 bay of 4 panels wide with two 1 storey extensions below. Rear, facing river, of 5 panels wide has two 2 light windows, one with transom, over two 3 lights and a 2 light. Central buttress. Two 2 lights in the 1 storey extension to right. On other side, facing road, of 6 panels, a one storey lean-to with Welsh slate roof, with a 3 light and a 2 light and door glazed door in end to river. Above are a 3 light, two 2 lights, one above another, and a 2 light. Inside are chamfered beams and the exposed roofs, that over the main area of 3 bays, single purlin, with tie beam trusses. Some timbers C19. Pevsner.
85 (Old Thatched Shop), Main Street - Grade II
Cottage converted to shop. Late C16 and late C18 and C19 alterations and additions. Stone rubble and brick, internal timber framing, thatched roof. Single storey and attic. Two structural bays divided by crucks infilled to form partition. C19 single storey addition with slate lean-to roof against north gable wall. South gable end stack. Entrance doorway with brick jambs, C19 four panel door. Windows to either side now blocked, but possibly horizontal sliding sashes. Brick rear wall with doorway and horizontal barred sliding sash to right. Internally; crucks have upper and lower ties; stop chamfered bridging beams and exposed joists, stone flagged floors, inglenook fireplace, C19 shop fittings.
K6 Telephone Box, Main Street - Grade II
Telephone kiosk. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Made by various contractors. Cast iron. Square kiosk with domed roof. Unperforated crowns to top panels and margin glazing to windows and door.
6, 8 & 10, Main Street - Locally Listed
Terrace of 3 Almshouses. Built 1872 (Commemorative stone plaque on RH gable). Vernacular / Domestic Revival styling. Red/yellow local brick with stone dressings to openings. Pitched Swithland slate roof. 2 substantial ridge stacks embracing centre cottage. Pitched roof extends over single storey ‘outrigger’ at rear of building, possibly a sympathetic later addition. Two storey. 3 & 4 light windows with stone mullions, each casement sub divided horizontally into 3 panes.
Brook Farm ~ Farmhouse & Barns, Main Street - Locally Listed
Cottage style Farmhouse. Perhaps Mid/Late C19. Red brick with stone label mouldings to window openings. Hipped slate roof. Squat ridge stack with corbelled head and stone pots. Inappropriate replacement mock leaded light casement windows.
Cluster of Barns C18. Vernacular styling. Red brick with pitched slate roofs. Small barn re-roofed in corrugated iron sheet. One barn with upstanding gables capped with stone copings surmounted by decorative finials at apex. Finial missing from gable fronting entrance. Entrance gable also features five expressed brick courses tiered above first floor gable opening and finishing under apex, each course diminishing in width.
Cossington Grange, Syston Road - Locally Listed
Large cottage style Country House with a cluster of Barns. Perhaps late C18 in origin with late C19 Domestic Revival inspired alterations. Mellow red brick with flat brick arches to window openings. Gable and internal ridge stacks with Victorian pots may indicate extent of original building. Change of brick colour on centreline of 1st floor windows further indicates substantial remodelling. Swithland slate pitched roof. 2 storeys. Generally side hung 2 light casement windows each with 4 panes. On the ground floor, 2 storey height canted bay windows framing main entrance, each with a pitched slate roof Panelled entrance door with semi-circular fanlight over. Stripped classical casing with entablature carried on scroll brackets.
Adjacent barns probably late C18. Part Mountsorrel granite, part mellow red brick. Swithland slate pitched roofs.

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