Newtown Linford Listed and Historic Buildings

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Descriptions are given below for listed buildings in Newtown Linford. In general the buildings are in the parish of Newtown Linford. 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
Chapel and Ruins of Mansion, Bradgate Park - Grade II*
Garden Wall, Bradgate Park - Grade II*
Tiltyard, Bradgate Park - Grade II
Old John Tower, Bradgate Park - Grade II
Leicestershire Yeomanry War Memorial, Bradgate Park - Grade II
501 (Marion’s Cottage), Bradgate Road - Grade II
Old Sunday School, Bradgate Road - Grade II
Church of All Saints, Bradgate Road - Grade II*
534 Rose Cottage, Bradgate Road - Grade II
552, Bradgate Road - Grade II
The Vicarage, Bradgate Road - Grade II
Roecliffe Manor, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
Roecliffe Manor Lodge, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
Gates and Piers of Manor, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
9 (Vine Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
11 and 13, Main Street - Grade II
15 and Shop (Jasmine Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
31, Main Street - Grade II
41, Main Street - Grade II
43, Main Street - Grade II
45 (Thatched Roofs), Main Street - Grade II
51, Main Street - Grade II
57 and 59, Main Street - Grade II
75 and 79, Main Street - Grade II
81 Lilac Cottage, Main Street - Grade II
87, Main Street - Grade II
95 (Lentilhill Farmhouse), Main Street - Grade II
2, Main Street - Grade II
Village Pump (between 8 and 10), Main Street - Grade II
28 and 30, Main Street - Grade II
32 (Gable Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
36, Main Street - Grade II
60 and 64, Main Street - Grade II
68 and 70, Main Street - Grade II
72, Main Street - Grade II
78, Main Street - Grade II
92 and 94, Main Street - Grade II
114, Main Street - Grade II
124, Main Street - Grade II
Field Head Farmhouse, Markfield Lane - Grade II
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Main Street - Grade II
Locally Listed Buildings
The Lodge, Bradgate Park - Locally Listed
Obelisk, Markfield Lane - Locally Listed
Benscliffe House, Priory Lane, Ulverscroft - Locally Listed
Hallgates Filter Station, Roecliffe Road - Locally Listed
Swithland Camp, Roecliffe Road, Woodhouse Eaves - Locally Listed

Chapel and Ruins of Mansion, Bradgate Park - Grade II*
Chapel and ruins of mansion begun c1490. Diapered red brick with stone dressings. Chapel has brick plinth with stone moulding, moulded stone band, brick dentilled eaves and renewed Swithland slate roof, gable facing. In gable end a large 6x4 leaded light mullion and transom window with hoodmould. Two blocked windows left side. Inside two arched cross beams, bricked floor, 1719 slate floor slab, and fine alabaster tomb, possibly restored, of Henry Baron Grey of Groby, d 1614 and his wife Ann. Recumbent effigies. Tomb chest in recess, flanked by columns and carrying an entablature with achievement and supporters. Strapwork decoration. Surrounding chapel the mansion ruins with four towers, one square, three polygonal and three remaining to two storey height. One wall of Great Hall remains with stone moulded frames of large windows. Mansion begun and mostly built by Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, great grandfather of Lady Jane Grey, whose childhood home this was. In 1547 Sir William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick married in chapel. The park setting is a very impressive example of the ancient form of deer park with hills, gnarled and knotted trees and a stream running through its valley centre. Scheduled ancient monument. Plan in Forsyth, M., The History of Bradgate, Bradgate Park Trust, Leicester, 1974.
Garden Wall, Bradgate Park - Grade II*
Massive garden wall probably of early C16. Red brick with diapering and buttresses. Runs eastwards from SE corner of mansion ruins. Scheduled ancient monument.
Tiltyard, Bradgate Park - Grade II
Retaining walls of former tiltyard, probably c1500. Red brick and small part of granite and slate rubble stone. Rectangle of retaining walls round sunken lawn with ruin of entrance gateway to East. These lie to East of mansion ruins and North of massive garden wall. Scheduled ancient monument.
Old John Tower, Bradgate Park - Grade II
Folly Tower of 1787. Granite and slate rubble stone with brick window dressings. Circular Gothic style tower of two storeys. Four pointed arch windows, ground floor blanks upper with renewed Y tracery, partly boarded, with one blocked. Bracketed cornice and battlements. Doorway with pointed arch and door. To left a pointed archway in a wall with ruined top. The tower is a Georgian folly built on the top of a lofty former windmill hill in the park, to form a feature and to facilitate from the top, enjoyment of the magnificent views to be had. Forms a notable landmark group with the War Memorial nearby.
Leicestershire Yeomanry War Memorial, Bradgate Park - Grade II
War Memorial of c1920. Granite chip concrete obelisk of c10m on stepped plinth. Incorporates cross in design with wreaths on sides. Metal plaques and regimental crests below. Commemorates fallen of Boer and both World Wars. Forms a notable landmark group with the Old John Tower nearby.
501 (Marion’s Cottage), Bradgate Road - Grade II
Museum/shop, formerly cottage, of mid C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roofs and partly rebuilt brick end stacks. 1½ storeys. Two doors with a 2 light casement to left and right. Outshuts with doors either end with 2 light casement above left end and 1 and 2 light casements above right end. Outshut to rear. Chamfered ceiling beams, inglenook with hood, and single purlin roof with cross wall inside.
Old Sunday School, Bradgate Road - Grade II
Sunday School of 1822. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof. One storey of two 3 light wood mullioned pointed Gothic windows with impost and keystones. Central slate tablet inscribed ‘Sunday School 1822’. Door on right end with pointed arch and C19 porch and door on left end. C20 extension to rear.
Church of All Saints, Bradgate Road - Grade II*
Church of C14/C15, enlarged C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof. W tower with recessed stone spire, nave, C19 N transept, and C19 S porch and chancel. Tower with plinth, four bell openings, battlements, 1706 slate sun dial and restored spire. C14/C15 W window. Nave has C19 3 bay N arcade of moulded arches on octagonal piers, one arch wider to transept. Right of this arch a C15 carved head label stop. Plain plastered nave roof with two tie beams visible. N aisle with two small perp type windows, restored 3 light perp window in transept with carved head label stops inside. Stone stack NE outside corner. 1915 vestry N of chancel. On S wall two C15 2 light windows one over S door and perp 5 light window with transom, renewed tracery upper lights. Perp 2 light windows either side before chancel arch, c1920 stained glass in S. C19 chancel with open common rafter roof with collar beams and struts. E window reticulated type tracery with 1915 stained glass. Pulpit 1893 and C19 font. Mason’s slate ledger stone mounted on W wall and wall monument c1777. On eastern tie beam hangs late C18 three arch screen with royal and earl’s arms in gable and earl’s coronets as pendant finials.
534 Rose Cottage, Bradgate Road - Grade II
Cottage of c1800, possibly earlier core. Rendered rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and brick central ridge stack, two storeys of two 3 light centre opening casements, cambered lintels to ground floor; door to right. One storey extension to right with 2 light casement, cambered lintels, and end stack, and further small extension to right. Outshut with catslide to rear. Chamfered beams and inglenook inside.
552, Bradgate Road - Grade II
House of late C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and brick end stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light casements (upper right wide 2 light) with cambered lintels. Central door with architrave surround and hood over. Wing to rear with end stack, door and casements. Stable wing to left, gable facing, linked to main range by pair of garage doors with stonework above. Two storeys of one 2 light window each, the lower a horizontal sliding sash. Cambered lintels. Chamfered beams, some stopped, and inglenook inside.
The Vicarage, Bradgate Road - Grade II
House of late C18. Rendered rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and rendered brick end and centre right ridge stack. Two storeys of 3 casements: 2 light over French, 3 light over C19 bay and similar. Two painted wings to rear: brick and rubble stone with end stacks. Doors and 2 and 3 light casements with cambered lintels to ground floor. Inside chamfered ceiling beams and single and double purlins of roofs visible. Rear stone wing possibly earlier.
Roecliffe Manor, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
House of c1800, possibly with earlier core. Rendered elevations with Swithland slate roof and truncated ridge stacks. Two storeys and attic of 8 windows 3:3:2 of 6/6 or 8/8 sashes. Windows have moulded shouldered architraves and stone sills. Sill band and battlemented parapet in part. Front facade has a two storey bow either end with 3 sashes both floors to left and 2 to right (lower left French window in part). Central section has stone flat roofed porch with round headed arch, fluted Doric pilasters and frieze over. To either side a French window with 3 light, 2 light and 3 light mullion and transom windows over. Extending from left end an extensive C20 wing. On right side a 3 sided two storey central section with 2 and 3 light mullion and transom windows (lower right a French window) and a similar 2 light window either side both floors. Rear facade similar to front with two storey bows either end. Sashes and French windows and stone flat roofed central porch with ionic columns and piers and glazed sides. Three dormers above and central open octagonal bell lantern with ogee roof.
Roecliffe Manor Lodge, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
Lodge of earlier C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and stone central ridge stack. Bargeboarded gables with finials. One storey and attic. Towards drive gabled porch with three open arches to left . Stone tablet with crest over. 6 panelled door. Two 2 light casements with stone sills to right. Left side facing crossroads has gable to right with 3 sided lattice casement bay and stone tablet with coat of arms above. 3 light casement to left and 2 light casement in attic on end. Lower extension further left with 2 light casement and small 3 sided bay on left end. C20 one storey extension to rear. Group value with adjoining gates.
Gates and Piers of Manor, Joe Moore’s Lane - Grade II
Pair of gate piers and gates of c1900. Massive granite and slate rubble stone piers and tall wrought iron gates. They adjoin Roecliffe Manor Lodge and are included for group value with it.
9 (Vine Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17. Granite and slate rubble stone with stone plinth and timber framing. Thatch roof with end stacks and ridge stack on front wing. 1½ storeys with wings projecting to front and rear of cruck framed main range. Of this range left end wall of stone with large inglenook inside, and two 1 light casements and 2 pairs of cruck blades, one visible inside, the other on right end where also attic 2 light casement. Front left of this range door and 1 light casement then 2 and 1 light casements on side of front wing. Then brick coped gable principal rafters visible and 3 light casements both floors, a 2 light casement on right side of wing and 2 light casement on right front of cruck range. Rear wing possibly later with part stone walling and remains of timber framing on stone plinth. Casements, doors, small outshut and C20 one storey extension on rear right corner. Webster V.R. Cruck framed buildings of Leicestershire, Transactions L.A.S., vol. Xxx (1954), P29.
11 and 13, Main Street - Grade II
Two cottages of C17/C18 with c1800 wing. Red brick with granite rubble stone and remains of timber framing. C20 plain tile roof with rebuilt central ridge and right gable end stacks. Long range of two storeys of casements with stone cross wing on right end gable facing. No. 11 to right with door and 2 light casement above and 3 light casement both floors to right. Remains of framing here with brick nogging, some renewed. Gable has renewed 3 light casement with top lights, mullion and transom window above with attic 2 light casement. Cambered lintels to wing and ground floor. Wing restored with renewed shouldered brick coped gable. No. 13 has door to left with two 3 light casements and 2 light casement above. Casements, doors and outshut to rear. Beams, inglenook and pair of cruck blades visible inside No. 11. Group value with Nos. 9 and 15. No. 11 is almost certainly the ‘Rose Cottage’ referred to in Webster V.R., Cruck Framed buildings of Leicestershire, Transactions L.A.S., Vol. xxx (1954) P.28.
15 and Shop (Jasmine Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
Cottage and shop of C17/C18. Cottage of 1½ storeys with one storey shop to left. Cottage of painted granite and slate rubble stone with thatch roof, and brick central ridge, left end and right rear stacks. Left gable slate coped, right brick coped. Central door with 3 light casement to left and 2 light casement to right, cambered lintels. 1 light dormer over. 2 light casements both floors on right end. Slate roofed outshut and C20 extension to rear. Shop of granite and slate rubble stone and brick dressings, with Swithland slate roof and central ridge and left end stacks. Central door with C20 9x3 pane shop window to left, and 1 light casement with cambered lintel to right. Left end blank. Door and two 3 light casements to rear.
31, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and brick left centre ridge and right end stacks. Two storeys of three 3 light casements cambered brick lintel to ground floor and 2 slate lintels to ground floor left of door which itself has cambered lintel. On right end 3 light casement with 2 light above. C20 extension, door and casements to rear. Chamfered beams and rafters and two inglenooks inside.
41, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17. Square panelled timber framing with painted brick nogging and part stone plinth. Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Two bays of 4x3 panels high. Two storeys of 3 renewed 3 light casements. Central door with later Swithland slate canopy. On right end tie beam truss with collar visible and two small 1 lights on ground floor. Casements and C20 porch to rear. Inside beams, inglenook, trusses and braces visible. Well preserved example of timber framed cottage.
43, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18 with later additions. Granite and slate rubble stone with thatch roof, brick dressings, brick coped gables facing and rebuilt brick central ridge stack. 1½ storeys of casements. Entrance on right side. Gabled porch to left with knobbly turned pillars and thatch roof. Following are 2 light casement with cambered lintel, 1 light casement and 3 light casement with cambered lintel. 2 light eyebrow dormer over this. 2 light casement both floors in gable to road. Similar window in c1900 smaller span to left, gable facing, with plain tile roof. Casements and door on left side of this. Similar 2 storey wing to rear, gable facing and adjoining cottage front. Slate roof, ridge and side stacks, door and 4 lights with cambered lintels both floors.
45 (Thatched Roofs), Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with thatched roof. Rebuilt brick ridge stack behind centre left door and similar right end stack. 1½ storeys, casements, with two eyebrow dormers of 3 lights. On ground floor small paned C20 bay to left, part glazed door, and two 3 light casements, 1 light casement on left end and 2 similar on right end. Beams and inglenook inside.
51, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18 with later extension. Painted brick, remains of timber framing, and thatch roof with ridge and right end stacks. (Originally symmetrical with end stacks, additions only slightly later to left). Right gable brick coped/ 1½ storeys of casements, two 2 light eyebrow dormers with door, and 3 light casement, with cambered lintel either side. Left addition with stone plinth and 3 light and 2 light, 1 light with 2 light over on right end, and C20 two storey extension to rear.
57 and 59, Main Street - Grade II
Two cottages of C18 with c1900 wing. Granite and slate rubble stone rendered with thatch roof to centre. Swithland slate to right and slate on later wing to left, gable facing. Two ridge and one right end stack. 1½ and 2 storeys of casements. No. 57 to right has central door with 2 light casement to left and similar eyebrow dormer above. A 2 light casement both floors to right. No. 59 has door with renewed 2 light casement either side and C20 4 light bow to right. 2 light eyebrow dormer over this. Wing to left, C20 4 light bow with C20 4 light casement above.
75 and 79, Main Street - Grade II
Two cottages and outhouse of C17/C18 and later extension. L plan, gabled wing projecting forward to right. Wing and portion to rear No.75, range to left No. 79. Brick and small part granite and slate rubble stone with thatch roof. No. 75 of two storeys has brick end stack and brick coped gable and with two light casement on left side, 1 light casement, buttress, and upper C20 2 light window formed as two sides of triangular to front. Entrance on right side in further gable with door and similar C20 windows. C20 extension to rear. Beams and inglenook inside. Between door and end of wing a one storey outhouse, rendered, with thatch roof. Door facing away from road and 2 light casement to left. Once used as dwelling. No.79 of 1½ storeys has brick front stack between two 2 light eyebrow dormers. Below from left, garage doors, a 1 light casement then a 1 light, and a 2 light casement beneath cambered lintels. Door to right. Left end stone below with two buttresses and brick gable.
81 Lilac Cottage, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18. Granite rubble stone with thatch roof and stone central ridge stack. 1½ storeys of two 3 light casements. Door to left with thatched porch. Casements on both ends.
87, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with brick dressings, brick coped gables and thatch roof with brick end stacks. Right half possibly earlier. 1½ storeys of renewed leaded light casements. Two eyebrow dormers, 2 and 3 light casements with brick surrounds. Below a 2 light casement, door, 1 light casement large 1 light window (once door), and 2 light casement. 2 light casements have cambered lintels. On left end a small two storey extension with Swithland slate roof, 2 light casement over 2 light casement with cambered lintel. On right end similar one storey extension: 2 light casement with cambered lintel. Massive inglenook beam and hood, ceiling beams and irregular chamfered rafters visible inside.
95 (Lentilhill Farmhouse), Main Street - Grade II
House of late C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with brick dressings, brick nogged eaves and Swithland slate roof with left end and left centre ridge stacks. Two storeys of casements. Right hand portion of house, slightly earlier, of two 3 light casements, upper right extending upwards to form large part dormered window. Central door with Swithland slated canopy. Left hand portion has 3 light casement on both floors to left and 2 light ground floor right. C20 renovations of outhouses and extensions to rear, preserving ceiling beams. Otherwise further chamfered ceiling beams, one stopped, altered inglenook and slate and herringbone pattern brick floors. House was originally the Horns or Bucks Head Tavern. Stevenson, J, A Family Guide to Charnwood Forest, Wymondham 1982, P.49.
2, Main Street - Grade II
House of C18 and early C19. Granite and slate rubble stone, cambered brick lintels and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. 2½ storeys 3 window range. 3 light casement either side of central doorway with similar either side of 2 light casement above. 3 C20 dormers over. Wing to left, gable facing, door with 3 light above, cambered stone lintels. Doors, casements and wing to rear. This has brick end stack and tie beam truss gable with struts, collar and brick nogging.
Village Pump (between 8 and 10), Main Street - Grade II
Small village pump of C19. Moulded cast iron with handle and spout, 2m high.
28 and 30, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17. Rendered brick and fragment of timber framing with thatch roof, rebuilt right end stack and stack on rear roof centre right. 1½ storeys of five renewed casements with central door. Gabled dormer and one eyebrow dormer of 2 lights. Casements and two doors to rear. Two pairs of cruck frames inside.
32 (Gable Cottage), Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C16/early C17. Square panelled timber framing, herringbone and other red brick nogging, part granite and slate rubble stone plinth and walling, and Swithland slate roof with rebuilt ridge and end stacks. Two storeys to left, gable facing, one storey centre and 1½ right, gable facing. Left gable 4x4 panels with two 2 light casements 1st floor and casements left end. Return of 3 panels with 5 light and 2 light casement above. Diagonal 2 light casement in corner. Centre of 5 panels and door, with 1 light and 3 light casements and dormer above. Three panel right gable with 3 light casement in attic. Doors and casements to rear with part stone walling and part of cruck frame visible. Inside chamfered beams and massive rafters. An exceptionally picturesque, well preserved and unrestored example of the local architecture of the time.
36, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with thatch roof and brick central ridge stack. Cross wing to right. 1½ storeys of five renewed casements including 3 eyebrow dormers. Three casements to ground floor, 2 and 3 lights. C20 porch projects centre front. Three eyebrow dormers and gable to rear, with C20 large one storey extension. Massive purlins of single purlin roof and chamfered beams, one stopped, are visible inside.
60 and 64, Main Street - Grade II
Range of 3 cottages of medieval period and later. Gable facing, No. 60 furthest from road. 1½ storeys, thatch roof overall. No 60 of slate and granite rubble stone with brick dressing and coped gable. Two 3 light casement windows with door to right and two 3 light eyebrow dormers above. No. 62 of square panel timber framing with painted brick nogging has renewed 2 light casement, two 3 light casements and 2 light casement with two 2 light eyebrow dormers over. Entrance to rear No. 64 of post and pan timber framing with painted nogging has stone plinth and 1 light casement, 2 light casement and door to right. On gable end a well preserved pair of cruck blades partly concealed by outshut. 3 light in gable. Casements and C20 porch to rear.
68 and 70, Main Street - Grade II
Two cottages of C18. Painted granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate front, plain tile roof and left end projecting stack and ridge stack rear right end. Left rear angle buttresses. Two storeys of casements; to left No.68 consisting of 3 light, door, and 1 light, with 4 light over; to right, No. 70 of 3 light and door with a 3 light and a 2 light casement over. Casements and one storey extension to rear.
72, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C16/C17 with C18 wing to left. H plan. Left facing gable of granite and slate rubble stone, centre and right facing gable of square panelled timber framing with brick nogging, 1 panel herringbone patterned. This gable, of 3 panels, has stone plinth. Swithland slate roof overall with rebuilt end and central ridge stacks. Two storeys of casements; 3,3,1,1, 3 light to 1st floor with 2,3,1, 3 light casements, door with Swithland slate canopy, and 3 light casement below. Windows in left gable have stone cambered lintels. Outshut with door on left end. Dormer on right end. Stone walling to rear with timber framed brick nogging, left gable. Right projecting wing has end stack. Casements with cambered lintels and two French windows.
78, Main Street - Grade II
House of c1800. Granite and slate rubble stone with red brick dressings, dentilled eaves and Swithland slate double span roof. Two brick end stacks on gables facing. Two storeys of two 3 light casements, cambered lintels. Blocked central door. Similar windows in gable end. C20 one storey extension at right angle with entrance door and garages. Rear similar to front with central door. Two storey extension projecting from gable end toward road.
92 and 94, Main Street - Grade II
Two cottages of C17/C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof over No.92 and thatch over No.94. Brick coped right gable. Central ridge and right end stack. 1½ storeys of casements. No.92 has glazed door with 1 light casement to left, door and 3 light to right with 3 light dormer half below eaves over. No.94 has central glazed door with 3 light casement either side and two 3 light eyebrow dormers over. Door with 2 light casement over on right end.
114, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of C17/C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with brick dressings, thatch roof, brick coped gables and brick central ridge and right end stacks. Right end gable of brick with clasped principal rafters visible. 1½ storeys of casements: 3 eyebrow dormers of 2, 3 and 2 lights. Door, two 3 light casements with cambered lintels, and two doors below. Outshut with corrugated roof on left end with 2 light casements above.
124, Main Street - Grade II
Cottage of c1800. Painted granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and brick end stacks. Two storeys of two 2 light casements. Central door with cambered lintel. One storey extension on right end with 2 light horizontal sliding sash and two 1 light windows on right end. Unrestored and unaltered.
Field Head Farmhouse, Markfield Lane - Grade II
House of late C18. Granite and slate rubble stone with Swithland slate roof and two part rebuilt brick ridge stacks. Two storeys of three 3 light centre opening casements, brick cambered lintels to ground floor. C20 outshut porch with 4 light casement to front and side door. Swithland slate roof. On left end basement opening. On right end small brick porch with Swithland slate roof. To left 2 light window replaces door. Second, possibly later, span placed obliquely to rear with 1 light window in right gable. Casements, porch and stack to rear.
K6 Telephone Kiosk, 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.
The Lodge, Bradgate Park - Locally Listed
Originally Lodge. Perhaps now apartments. Mid/Late Victorian, possibly c1860. Combines Domestic & Tudor Revival styling. Mountsorrel granite with dressed stone quoins and window surrounds. Stone labels above openings. Asymmetrical cruciform plan. Steep pitched Swithland slate roof with stone ridge and deep eaves. 2 storeys plus attic. 3 Tudor style brick stacks with angled shafts and corbelled heads. 2 ridge stacks on SE-NW axis, 1 tall eaves stack. Rectangular bay window with hipped slate roof on SE gable. Generally 2 or 3 light vertical sliding sash windows with stone mullions.
Obelisk, Markfield Lane - Locally Listed
(Owned by Leicester City and District Scouts Association – Barry Fairman, Warden of John Lee’s Camp site)
Octagonal tapering stone obelisk on stone plinth with dado moulding inscribed John Lee’s Camp, Sept 1927 surmounted by Boy Scouts logo. Obelisk stands in adjacent John Lee’s Wood which is regularly used for Scout camps.
Benscliffe House, Priory Lane, Ulverscroft - Locally Listed
Substantial Private House. Late Victorian / early C20. Tudor Revival styling. Local stone with red brick quoins to GF. 1st floor rendered with applied half timbering. Multi-gabled Swithland slate pitched roofs with deep eaves. Massive eaves and ridge stacks. Part 2 and part 3 storeys, including roof space accommodation. Generally casement windows
Hallgates Filter Station, Roecliffe Road - Locally Listed
Water supply processing building. Originally commissioned for City of Leicester Waterworks, now operated by Severn Trent. Built 1920, (confirmed by plaque above entrance door). Quite severe stripped neoclassical styling, almost Art Deco in character but too early. Red brick with banded red and blue brick piers, quoins and window surrounds. Blue brick bands generally 3 courses wide and expressed. Slate pitched roof with single stubby stack on right hand gable (NW). Single storey and rectangular on plan. Tall 12 paned fixed windows with central ventilation louvre panels appear recent. Plain banded brick corbels project from piers framing entrance door. Entrance approached by a staircase of 12 risers.
Swithland Camp, Roecliffe Road, Woodhouse Eaves - Locally Listed
Holiday Cottages. Operated by Swithland Woods Farm Holiday Camp. An untidy cluster of unremarkable timber framed chalets mainly clad with horizontal softwood boarding painted green. Perhaps 1920s in origin with a number of later additions. Generally, single storey with felt pitched roofs. Somewhat dilapidated.

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