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

22, Chaveney Manor, Chaveney Road - Grade II
House, now subdivided into flats. Late C17, possibly with C16 core. Red brick with plinth, quoins and eaves cornice and Swithland slate roof, hipped to right, with large brick end stacks, the tops decorated with blank arches. 2½ storeys of four 2 light wooden mullion and transom windows. 2 similar 3 lights below. Doorway to right with 6 panelled door and overlight. All have cambered lintels. Two 2 light dormers above. On left end a wing probably originally of one storey, now two, of a C20 2 light window both floors. A projecting stack to rear. Two storey wing and further lower 2 storey wing of granite rubble stone project to rear. Inside, late C17 oak staircase on well plan with, at foot, an 8 fielded panelled door with pediment. On 1st floor oak bolection moulded panelled room, other panelling and room with timber framed wall and doorway with pointed arch.
17, Church Lane (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/C17. Cruck framed with rendered and colour washed granite rubble stone and brick, and C20 tile roof with brick right end stack. 1½ storeys of small 4 light wooden oriel bay either side a part glazed door. 3 light dormer over. C20 one storey extension to rear. Inside are inglenook beams and ceiling beam both with stopped chamfers and within inglenook a pointed arched niche, possibly spice cupboard. Supporting the single purlin roof there appear to be 2 pairs of cruck blades, the tops clasped, and with collars below, though only one blade is visible below eaves level on the staircase.
19, Church Lane (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, C17/C18. Whitewashed and rendered probably granite rubble stone and brick and C20 tile roof with rendered left end stack. Two storeys of a 2 light casement over a small 4 light oriel bay with part glazed door to right. Wing to rear with brick end stack. On left side of this and on left main gable a 2 light and four 1 light windows facing Churchyard of St. Bartholomew (q.v.) Said to be beams inside. Included for group value.
Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel, Church Lane (east side) - Grade I
Church C12-C14 and 1842. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and buttresses and Welsh slate and lead type roofs with stone coped gables, cross finials and stone projecting stack and truncated ridge stack. W tower, nave, N aisle, Farnham Chapel (south aisle), chancel, N organ chamber and S porch and priest’s room. Tower of C14/C15 of two stages with plinth, diagonal stepped buttresses, C19 small W door, W window, S W Stair, four 2 light bell openings with hoodmoulds and label stops, moulding with gargoyles, and battlements. Nave arch with moulding and hollow chamfer above hollow chamfered polygonal responds. 4 bay N arcade c1280 with double chamfered arches above octagonal piers and responds. Across one bay a low stone screen with blank ogee headed and cusped arcading remaining from original N chapel. Similar 2 bay S arcade with low screen across both bays except for oak door. Wrought iron screen above. Perp clerestory with four 2 light flat topped windows either side. Four bay low pitch tie beam roof renewed C20 after fire. Large N aisle of 1842, with N porch and blocked door. Seven windows with reticulated tracery, the 7th being open to the later C19 N chancel organ chamber. The other six are filled with later C19 and early C20 stained glass, one by Percy Bacon, London, 1907. Four bay roof with curved braces and wall pieces from stone corbels. A small piscina with cusped arch by E arcade respond remains from former N chapel. Double chamfered chancel arch. Chancel had N window with C19 stained glass, perp E window with stained glass of 1862, and two S windows with C19 stained glass, one a low side window including in frame a squint from Farnham Chapel. Piscina with ogee headed arch and small S door. Of c1280, the Farnham Chapel and S porch and priests room are under one roof and have stepped buttresses and angle buttresses. E window with reticulated tracery and two S windows with Y tracery. C19 stained glass. Small S door to chapel. C19 boarded roof. Four incised slabs of earlier C16. Hanging monument to Thomas Farnham, died 1574, and family. Kneeling high relief figures under 2 bay classical arcade. Double monument to John Farnham, died 1587, and wife. Two recumbent effigies on ornamental tomb chest with , on E wall, a relief showing military encampment and almost full relief figure of soldier. “Outstandingly good and attributed by Mrs Esdaile to Epiphanius Evesham” (Pevsner). Further wall monuments of mid C19 and by Bacon, 1817. C12 S doorway with spiral fluted shafts and zigzag in arch. Porch has 2 bays of single chamfered rib vaulting. Perp octagonal font, C19 brass lectern and C18 and C19 wall monuments in chancel. The Farnham Chapel is under the separate ownership of the Farnham Family, settled in Quorn since x1260. Pevsner.
1 (Mill on the Soar Antiques Ltd), High Street (north side) - Grade II
House and shop. Early C19 with early C20 shop front. Red brick and Welsh slate roof, hipped to right with brick ridge and right end stacks. Two storeys of 3 sash windows, two 2/2 and an 8/8 to right. To left below, the double shop front with tiled plinth, central recessed part glazed door, a fluted Ionic pilaster on either end, entablature with dentilled cornice and rolled blind. To centre right the early c19 wooden doorcase with bracketed canopy, 6 panelled door and overlight, the glazing bars forming a diamond. 8/8 sash to right. Included for group value.
14, High Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, c1800. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick rear and left end stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light horizontal sliding sashes over 3 light casements. Cambered lintels, the bricks head onto sides and side on in centre. Central doorcase with 4 panelled door. To right a carriage entrance with double doors.
26 (Quorn Court), High Street (south side) - Grade II
House, now subdivided into flats. Late C18. Red brick with bands, C19 stone modillion cornice and balustrade and Welsh slate roof to wing. Red brick and stone ornamental ridge and end projecting stacks. Three storeys of five sash windows : 3/3 on 2nd floor otherwise 6/6. Gauged brick lintels. Central section projects slightly. Here porch, with two Roman Doric columns, pilasters behind, and flat top with entablature and blocking course. Two leaved part glazed door. Extending from right end a two storey wing of five 6/6 sashes both floors.
46 (Bull’s Head Hotel), High Street (south side) - Grade II
Hotel, formerly house. Dated 1742 and C20. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick right end stack. Cornice over first floor and eaves cornice. Three storeys of 5 sash windows 3/3 to 2nd floor and 6/6 to 1st floor. Thick glazing bars. Ground floor windows are early C20 renewals with mullions and transoms and large panes. All have painted stone cambered lintels with keystones and aprons. C20 central solid porch in similar style with fluted pilasters and entablature. C20 storey extension to left in similar style. On right end a C20 one storey extension with roof hipped to right. On beam in cellar the date 1742. Pevsner.
6 Former Filter Beds, Water Tank with Gazebo, and steps at Swithland Reservoir Water Works, Kinchley Lane, Rothley (west side) - Grade II
6 former filter beds, water tank with gazebo, and steps of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Granite rubble stone, dressed stone, blue brick and lead. Series of six polygonal filter beds symmetrically placed about a hexagonal covered partly sunken draw off tank with elaborate balustrade and central gazebo in Renaissance style. From pumping house forecourt a short flight of stone steps with side parapets leads down north eastwards to area laid out like a grand formal garden. The filter beds have blue brick retaining walls with stone edges. Tank has low granite side walls with short stone pilasters and arches (some blocked) at intervals. Above the pilasters are the piers of the balustrade, which is itself a row of small arches with rusticated stone work. Two flights of stone steps with similar balustrades lead up to bitumen covered top of tank. Principal piers have carved Renaissance obelisks on top. In centre of tank an octagonal open stone gazebo on stone plinth with eight Roman Doric columns supporting arches, entablature and lead dome with carved stone lantern on top. Gazebo covers central air vent. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Draw-off Tower, Tunnel Mouth, Dam Causeway and Bridge at Swithland Reservoir Water Works, Rothley Lane (both sides) - Grade II
Draw-off tower, tunnel mouth, dam causeway and bridge of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Red brick, granite rubble stone and dressed stone. Draw-off tower stands in reservoir c15m off dam causeway. Causeway is SE of filter beds and pumping house complex. Tower is of red brick in Renaissance style on brick and stone plinth with stone dressings, frieze, bracketed cornice and flat roof with stone balustraded parapet. One storey above water of square plan with octagonal stair turret half projecting from right side and continuing above roof level as small octagonal stone turret with dome and finial. Iron bridge leads across from causeway to entrance door with stone surround and pediment. Transomed one light windows on sides. At the corners of the roof are stone piers with carved obelisks on top. The balustrade in between is a row of small arches of rusticated stonework, the same as that on tank and bridge (listed separately). Lead water spouts on left and right sides. On opposite side of the causeway is the almost round tunnel mouth for the draw-off pipe. Rusticated stonework with stone coping and granite rubble stone side embankments with stone coping. Causeway wall of granite rubble stone with roadway between. Bridge at N end of causeway carries road over reservoir overflow stream. Three depressed arches, underside of brick, with dressed rusticated stone edges, granite rubble stone sides and parapet. Stone copings. Stone cut water system on reservoir side with three cobbled stream beds continuing under bridge. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
36-50 (even) and Stable, Leicester Road (north side) - Grade II
Range of 8 cottages, c1800 perhaps with earlier origins. At least 3 builds. Granite rubble stone, with red brick dressings and red brick (no. 50) with Swithland slate, C20 tile and Welsh slate roofs and 4 brick ridge stacks and right end stack. Two and three storeys of 10 windows: 2 and 3 light casements (except No. 50), the four to left with top lights. Seven 3 light casements with top lights below except for Nos. 40 and 50 which have C20 windows in original openings. Three light dormer on No. 36 and on NO. 50 a 2 light horizontal sliding sash with small panes on both 1st and 2nd floors. Eight doors, those to Nos. 40 and 48 are part glazed. Beams inside. On left end across gateway a stable in similar materials corrugated hipped roof, and stable doors.
24, Leicester Road (north side) - Grade II
Farmhouse, now offices. Early C18, rebuilt late C18 with C19 and C20 alterations. Charnwood granite rubble and brick with brick dressings. Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. Charnwood granite plinth. Three storey. Street front has 3 windows, with off centre doorway with wooden pilaster surround and half glazed door flanked by 3 light cross casements under segment heads. To right two shop windows with wooden pilaster surrounds and linked bracketed hood, both with glazing bars that to left 15 pane that to right 12 pane. Above two 3 light sliding sashes to left and single 3 light glazing bar casement to right. Above again three 3 light sliding sashed all under segment heads. Left return has blind Charnwood granite wall to earlier two storey house. Rear has two storey wing with single glazing bar sash and round headed glazing bar stair window.
66 Quorn Country Hotel, Leicester Road (north side) - Grade II
Hotel/Club, formerly house. C18, perhaps with earlier origins. Whitewashed render and Swithland slate roof with two brick rear stacks. 2½ storeys of a two storey canted bay (2/2 : 6/6 : 2/2 sashes) either side central wooden doorcase. Five panelled door with blocked overlights and flat canopy hung on chains. Two light casement over. Three 4 pane hipped dormers. Raised band between storeys. Large extensions to rear and right side.
29 (The Limes), Leicester Road (north side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Centre projects slightly. Brick bands and dentilled eaves. Three storeys of 3 casements: 3 light, 2 light, 3 light: the 1st floor with top lights. On ground floor two small canted bays with similar 3 light centre opening casements with top lights. 1 light to sides. Central Adam style doorcase with narrow bracketed hood. 6 panelled door, the 4 upper panels glazed. Two storey wing to rear.
One Ash, Loughborough Road (west side) - Grade II
Small country house, 1894. By Larner Sugden for W Wright. Granite rubble stone ground floor with plinth, otherwise red brick with stone band and plain tile roof with stone coped gables and brick ridge and side stacks. In Queen Anne style, with two projecting gables, the entrance between. 2½ storeys of three sash and casement windows with shutters. Central recessed doorway with door, side lights with curving glazing bars and overlight. Elaborate leaf pattern decoration in arch over. Above this is a curving balcony with carved stone consoles which continues left to become the top of a bay with curved corners which is a 4/4:8/16:4/4 sash. To right of front door a 2/2:8/8:2/2 tripartite sash. On 1st floor a 4/4:8/8:4/4 sash either side a recessed 2/2: part glazed door: 2/2 window. In each gable a 2 light casement the curving lintel ornamented with a surround of projecting brick keystones. To left of front a glazed door, with curved canopy. Similar windows on both sides with, on right side, a tall staircase window filled with stained glass. Fine interior details including a staircase with turned balusters, an inglenook type fireplace, plaster overmantel in the Drawing Room, plaster ceiling decoration, and, in the Billiard Room, two tie beam trusses supported on stone corbels carved with children’s heads. Here also walls decorated with printed linen.
31, Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C18 raised a storey early C19. Whitewashed granite rubble stone to ground floor and whitewashed and part rendered brick 1st floor and Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light centre opening casement windows. To rear the door and two storey wing with Swithland slate roof and further one storey extension with Welsh slate roof.
33 (Crown House), Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
House, early C18. Whitewashed granite rubble stone and Swithland slate roof with rendered end stacks. Stone coped gables. Two storeys of three 6/6 sash windows. Central 6 panelled door with overlight.
61, Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C18 and early C19. Granite rubble stone and brick rendered and Welsh slate roof with brick central ridge and right end stacks. Two ranges that to left of 1½ storeys of two casements, 3 light and 2 light, with 3 light horizontal sliding sash dormer over. Range to right of two storeys of a 3 light horizontal sliding sash over 3 light casement. 4 panelled door with overlight to left. Included for group value.
69 and 71, Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
2 cottages, c1800. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth and pantile roof with brick ridge, end and rear stacks. Two storeys of five 2 lights horizontal sliding sash windows. No. 71 to left has a 3 light casement with top lights either side a central 6 panelled door, with glazed top panels, up 3 steps. No 69, to right, has a 6/6 sash either side central doorcase with 6 panelled door. Cambered lintels to ground floor except No. 69 doorcase. Coped wall extends short distance from left end. Extensions to rear.
101, Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
House, C17/C18. Whitewashed granite rubble stone and Swithland slate roof with brick left end projecting stacks to both ranges. Two ranges, that to right higher. Range to left of two storeys of two 3 light horizontal sliding sash windows over a similar window and doorcase to right with 6 panelled door and overlight. Part of tie beam truss and wall post with brace visible on left end. Range to right of 2½ storeys of a 2 light horizontal sliding sash window with top lights over similar 3 light. On right end a blocked window on both floors and attic. 1½ storey wing and lean-to to rear.
109 and 111, Meeting Street (north side) - Grade II
House, now two dwellings, C18. Granite rubble stone, colourwashed to front with plinth and brick band and Swithland slate roof with brick right end and rear projecting stacks. Two storeys of 3 windows that to left on both floors a 3 light casement, otherwise 3 light and 2 light casement with top opening windows above. C20 part glazed door to right. Lean-to on left end. Blocked openings and C20 windows on right end. Was the original Baptist meeting house before the present Chapel (q.v.) over the street was built.
War Memorial, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
War memorial, c1920. Stone with metal plaque. Square moulded and carved tapering block on stepped plinth, in all c3.5m high. Carved relief of St George and the Dragon at summit with ‘St George and Merry England’ inscribed below. Metal plaque with names of fallen in First World War and inscription also to those in Second World War.
12, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, formerly pair, c1840. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof with brick ornamental ridge and left end stacks. 1½ storeys of two 3 light wooden mullion windows with patterned iron lights. Door to left and blocked door centre right. Tudor style moulded hood moulds over all. Three 2 light dormers with similar lights. To left a probably contemporary one storey wing with two 3 lights and left end stack. On ends a blank 1st floor window with hoodmould, the frame and patterned lights painted trompe l’oeil fashion. Group value with No. 14 (q.v.) to right, which is almost identical.
14, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, formerly pair, c1840. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof with brick ornamental ridge and right end stacks. 1½ storeys of three 3 light wooden mullion windows with patterned iron lights. Door centre right. Tudor style moulded hoodmoulds overall. Three 2 light dormers with similar lights. On ends a blank 1st floor window with hoodmould, the frame and patterned lights painted trompe l’oeil fashion. Group value with No. 12 (q.v.) to left, which is almost identical.
Quorn House, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Country house, 1820 with later additions and alterations. Red brick, mostly cement rendered to ground floor with stone cornice and narrow parapet and Welsh slate hipped roof with brick and stone ridge and side stacks. Principal front to park. Two storeys of ten 6/6 sash windows disposed as, from left, two storey bow with 2 sashes, 3 sashes, further similar bow and 3 sashes. Above the centre of each bow a cement rendered ornamental stack and decorating the ground floor Ionic pilasters. The entrance front is of 2 and 3 storeys of 6 sashes with projecting painted stone porch with pilasters and projecting stack. Inside are a cantilever staircase with wrought iron balustrade and interiors mainly of c1880 in the Jacobethan style. Quorn House has been the seat of the Farnham family since c1260. Pevsner.
Lodge, Gate Piers and Park Wall at Quorn House, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Lodge, gate piers and wall. Early C19, altered mid C20. Painted cement render and C20 tile roof with rendered ridge and rear stacks. 1 and 2 storeys, the 1 storey range facing drive, the other behind. In late classical style. Two rounded arches with pilasters strip surrounds. Within the left a rounded 6/6 sash and the right a part glazed door in similar style. Above is a double curving gable with Farnham coat of arms within wreath. One storey extensions to left and right. Two storey range of a two light casement with top lights. Decorative pilaster strips and panels. 4 gate piers, 2 with stone urns, 2 with stone fircones on top and curving low stone coped wall between. Extending either side of gateway a park wall of brick coped granite rubble stone wall c1.5m high. Quorn House (q.v.) has been the seat of the Farnham family since c1260.
92, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, early C19. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Two storeys of two 3 light centre opening casements with top lights. Cambered lintels to ground floor. Plain wooden doorcase with part glazed door. Included for group value.
General Baptist Chapel, Meeting Street (south side) - Grade II
Baptist Chapel, dated 1770 and early C20. Red brick and plain tile and Swithland slate roof with a brick left end truncated stack, rear stack and metal central louvre stack to Chapel. Three ranges, chapel to left, former Sunday School set back in centre, and early c20 extension, with hipped roof to right. Chapel of two storeys of 3 leaded light windows with cambered lintels : 2 lights, 3 light, 2 light. Tablet under central window inscribed “General Baptist Chapel MDCCLXX”. Below is a large C20 porch. On right end a 3 light with 2 light over. Central range of 3 storeys of three 3 light windows with cambered lintels. Range to right of one storey of leaded light windows with mullions and transoms: a 5 light to front and two 2 lights on left side. Lean-to on right end. Interior has original gallery with panelled front on iron posts. Two wooden Doric pillars support roof. These were inserted when the Chapel was extended in 1825, and were hand turned in the Churchyard outside. Wall tablet to Rev. Benjamin Pollard, 1818
Quorn Hall, Meynell Road (north side) - Grade II
Country House, c1680 with 3rd storey of late C18 and much altered and added to C19 and C20. Red brick with pediment and slate roof with brick stacks. Three storeys of 5 sashes, mainly 6/6 and 1/1. C19 canted bay; entrance porch to left. Inside there is a good main staircase of c1680, well plan, with heavy strings and handrail and barley sugar twist balusters. Fine ceilings over with wire work wreaths of leaves, etc in centre and with a swagged cornice (similar to that at Newbold Verdon Hall, Leicester). A room at top of back stairs (also partly c1680) has bolection moulded panelling and a fireplace with Delft tiles (now boarded 1983). Built for a branch of the Farnham family. Pevsner.
Meynell Lodge and Meynall Cottage with Stable and Wall, Meynell Road (south side) - Grade II
House, now two dwellings, late C18 and early C19. Whitewashed render with brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate front roof, and part same and part Welsh slate rear roof with brick ornamental ridge and end stacks. Octagonal flues in pairs and a four. Two storeys of 6 windows : three 2 light horizontal sliding sashes, a 6/12 staircase sash and two 2 light horizontal sliding sashes. On ground floor to left a C20 door and gabled canopy, a 2 light horizontal sliding sash, a 2/2 paired sash, 6 panelled door with gabled canopy and 2 light horizontal sliding sash. Lean-to on left end with C20 tile roof and brick stack. Windows to rear include, on 1st floor, three 3 light casements with glazing bars forming Gothic arches. Extending from right end a granite rubble stone and red brick garden wall c2m high with at its end a 1½ storey stable in similar materials with pantile roof.
2, Soar Road (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, probably C17, but much restored and altered. Whitewashed rendered rubble stone and Welsh slate roof with rendered rear ridge and right end stacks. Two storeys of three C20 2 light leaded casements over a similar 3 light either side central glazed door. Lean-to on left end. Chamfered beams inside.
10 (The Croft), Soar Road (north side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Red brick and Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks. Three storeys of 4 sash windows; 3/3 on 2nd floor otherwise 6/6. Sill bands, eaves cornice, and narrow front parapet. Wooden doorcase centre right with broken pediment, and 6 panelled door with fanlight. One storey extension on left end and wing to rear.
2 (Ye Olde Butchers Shop/The Thatch Restaurant), Station Road (north side) - Grade II
Cottage and shop formerly 2 or more cottages, late C16/C17. Whitewashed granite rubble stone, rendered brick, and timber framing, and thatch roof with brick ridge stack, the four circular flues truncated. 1½ storeys, front facing left but gable to right. From left: 3 light casement with top lights, blocked door, 3 light (fixed), door and 3 light (fixed) with a dormer and eyebrow dormer over, both with 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows. In gable to right a shop front with wooden bracketed head and part glazed door and window below. Above is a 3 light casement. On right end a 3 light, 2 light sliding sash and 2 light over. Two wall posts. To rear are one storey lean-to extensions and to left in gable an upper cruck truss with brick herringbone pattern nogging. Beams inside. Important group value with Church of St Bartholomew (q.v.).
Building used by East Midlands Gas, Station Road (south side) - Grade II
Lock up and fire engine house, now used by EM as, early C19. Whitewashed brick with plinth, angle pilaster strips, moulded brick eaves and Welsh slate hipped roof. One storey. Small central projecting section with door and a small barred 1 light on either of its sides. A further small barred window either side. On left side carriage doors, door and similar window. On right side a door and 2 blocked windows. Further small window to rear.
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Chaveney Road - 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.
Quorn and Woodhouse Station - Grade II
Railway station. 1898 for the Great Central Railway, resident engineer Edward Parry. Red brick with Welsh slate roof. An island platform building with a staircase to the overbridge. The bridge carries only an entrance gate, the offices are on the platform. Double wooden gates in an arched doorway lead to a covered staircase with side glazing. This is supported on red brick walls with stones beneath, tall chimney stack. The platform buildings are single storey. The first is the booking and station-master’s office. This has a fretted canopy on either side. The walls are panelled into sections, four windows and a door, gable end with booking office window in a brown tile surround at north end, and window at south end. Chimney stack at the south end. The second building is similar, but without canopies. Door with 6 over 2 panels and a 6 pane overlight at the south end.
History: This station was opened by the Great Central Railway on what was originally the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway’s London extension when it was promoted in 1893. It became the GCR in 1897. Quorn and Woodhouse was opened on 15th March 1899 and closed on 4th March 1963. It was reopened 23rd March 1974 as part of the Great Central Railway (private). It is an almost completely unaltered station of 1898, with its interior fittings, which continues in traditional use with a steam railway.
References: R.V.J.Butt, The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Limited, 1995. Information from Martin Hammond, Honorary Architect, Great Central Railway.
Additional description of Bridge
Quorn Hall Lodge, Barrow Road - Locally Listed
Originally North Lodge to Quorn Hall, now private house. Late C19, extended C20. Red brick. Cruciform plan. Slate pitched roofs with deep eaves and decorative barge boards. Stone plaque with Warner family crest under apex of gable fronting entrance drive. Wall stack with 2 pots. 2 storeys. Generally, stone lintols and cills to all openings, with chamfered brick dressings. Small paned casement windows with ‘ogival‘ head, some fixed light with vertical sliding top sash.
78, Westwood, Loughborough Road - Locally Listed
Originally Private House known as ‘Westfield House’. Currently Accountants’ Office. Mid C19. Severe Georgian styling with unsympathetic C20 extension. Mellow red/yellow brick with blue brick string courses at cill levels. Dentilated stone cornice under eaves. Hipped roof, re-clad with concrete plain tiles. 2 brick gable stacks with corbelled heads. Generally, sash windows with shallow arched cast stone lintols and stone cills. Canted storey height flat roofed bay windows flank central entrance on GF. Bays and door opening surmounted by stone cornice.
Quorn Mill, Leicester Road - Locally Listed
Corn Mill. C16 in origin. Milling ceased 1894, when mill race sealed and mill wheel removed. Evidence remains of a tunnel under farmyard which carried mill race water into a stream below the site. Owned by Farnham family and sold 1933. Now farm operated by Parkers of Leicester. Remodelled C20. Mountsorell granite, rendered / colour washed on front elevation. Pitched roof reclad with concrete tiles. 2 brick ridge stacks. C20 remodelling includes replacement windows and a porch. Adjacent granite stone barns, probably C18, also re-roofed.
Pumping Station, Off Barrow Road - Locally Listed
Sewage Pumping Station serving Quorn. Dated 1903. Designed to raise sewage from a collecting well and pump it to adjacent treatment works for processing. Mellow red brick. Pitched clay tile roof with central ridge mounted louvred lantern. Upstanding gables crowned with stone copings. Circular louvred openings near apex to each gable. 9 paned casement windows within recessed openings under shallow brick arches. Recess closed by corbelled brick detail above each opening. Electrified pumps replaced the original oil fired installation in 1935.
Quorn Lodge Farm, Off Loughborough Road - Locally Listed
Farmhouse. Georgian, late C18. Red brick with stone lintols to window openings. Slate roof. 2 gable stacks. 3 stories and 3 bays with centre door. Generally, small paned vertical sliding sash windows. Flat topped square bays and porch on ground floor late C19 alterations. C20 extension and a cluster of modern barns detract from overall presentation.
Manor House Hotel, Woodhouse Road - Locally Listed
Hotel. Built 1899 as a Railway Hotel. Confusion of styles. Now a Public House & Restaurant. Severe red brick with stone & blue brick string courses. Clay tile pitched roof, with ‘half hipped’ gables. Oversailing eaves. Decorative terra cotta ridge. Pitched and ‘half hipped’ roofed dormers. 4 tall stacks with terra cotta pots. 3 storeys including attic. Elaborate Baroque Revival relief brick dressing to attic window on main gable. Rectangular and canted flat roofed bays to GF. Generally, principal window openings with brick hood moulds and stone lintols. Half round brick arch head to front entance. Stone mullions and transomes to 1st and GF window openings within adjoining gable. Originally, decorative acid etched glazing to windows serving public rooms, some panes remain. Generally, part casement part vertical sliding sash fenestration. Adjoining single storey outbuildings perhaps built as stables to serve Quorn Hunt visitors.
Railway Bridge, Woodhouse Road - Grade II
Railway Bridge perhaps 1897, shortly pre-dates platforms and associated buildings. Major repairs late C20. Steel beams on red/blue engineering brick piers carry Woodhouse Road across track in two spans. Engineering brick parapet walls with stone copings and end piers.
The above description was made for the local listing of the railway bridge, but was not incorporated into the statutory description
Quorn Station Signal Box - Locally Listed
Contemporary freestanding signal box with preserved levers and mechanism.

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