3 Brook Street, Syston (Grade II)
| Date Listed | 19th May, 1976 |
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| Category | Statutory Listed Building |
| Address | No. 3 Brook Street Syston LE7 1GD |
| Grade | Grade II |
| Grid Reference | SK6243411777 |
| LBS | 189570 |
| Volume, Map, Item | 285, 9, 104 |
| Parish | Syston |
| Ward | Syston West |
| Conservation Area | Syston |
The description below describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Statutory Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.
Cottage, dated 1686. Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers. Welsh slate roof a C19 heightening. Cobble plinth in gable wall. Two storeyed, two unit plan. Doorway slightly off centre, in renewed case, and outer renewed 3 light horizontally sliding sash windows on each floor. Original lower right hand window head visible; of less width, a straight vertical brick head. The original left hand lower window head is also evident, and the right hand limit of its window survives as a straight joint. Elaborately moulded brick string course, with dentils. Dated on a stone with initials N over I.I. This is the earliest dated brick cottage in the County. Gable end stacks.