Rothley Listed and Historic Buildings
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Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Rothley. In general the buildings are in the parish of Rothley. 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
30 (Ivy House), Anthony Street (east side) - Grade II
9 (Moon Gate), Anthony Street (west side) - Grade II
17, Anthony Street (west side) - Grade II
2, Church Street (north side) - Grade II
4, Church Street (north side) - Grade II
10 (April Cottage), Church Street (north side) - Grade II
Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Church Street (east end) - Grade II* - Rothley Cross in the Churchyard is a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Hunt Headstone at Church Yard of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Church Street (east side) - Grade II
Cossington Lock and Gates on River Soar, Cossington Lane (south side) - Grade II
Bridge, Cossington Lane (south side) - Grade II
War Memorial and Walls, Cross Green - Grade II
6, Fowke Street (north side) - Grade II
8, Fowke Street (north side) - Grade II
13, Fowke Street (south side) - Grade II
Barn at Woodcock Farm, Loughborough Road (east side) - Grade II
36 (Old Farm House), North Street (east side) - Grade II
55, North Street (west side) - Grade II
Bridge 100m South of end of Town Green Street, Rothley Park - Grade II
4 (Tower House), School Street (north side) - Grade II
57-63 (odd), Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
Outbuildings between 57 and 65, Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
65 (The Homestead), Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
1, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
3 Rood House, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
81 and Attached Outbuildings, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
89, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
91, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
103 (Keeper’s Cottage), Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
80, Town Green Street (south side) - Grade II
84 and 86, Town Green Street (south side) - Grade II
Rothley Court Hotel and The Chapel, Westfield Lane (south side) - Grade I
Lodge, Turret, Gate Piers and Gates at Rothley Court Hotel, Westfield Lane (south side) - Grade II
10, 10a and 12 (Motorex), Woodgate (south side) - Grade II
Rothley Station - Grade II
Locally Listed Buildings
Cemetery Chapels, Mountsorrel Lane - Locally Listed
33, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
54, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
60, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
62, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
30 (Ivy House), Anthony Street (east side) - Grade II
House, dated 1779. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth and slate roof with brick ridge and end stacks, that to right projecting. Brick coped gables. Two storeys of three 2 light casements over similar with top lights. On centre left up double flight of steps, the renewed doorcase with small bracketed hood and 6 panelled door with glazed upper panels. To right of this an iron bracket with C19 lamp. Dated 1779 in black brick on right gable end, though the middle digits are concealed by a later stack.
9 (Moon Gate), Anthony Street (west side) - Grade II
House, c1700. Whitewashed render and granite rubble stone with part timber framing and Welsh slate roof with whitewashed brick ridge and right side stacks. The ridge stack has two circular flues and the side stack is massive. Gable on right. Two storeys of a 3 light centre opening leaded casement in the gable over a similar 1 light to left and 3 light in the gable. Timber framing on first floor gable with truss above. Three large rectangular panels with braces. Door to rear.
17, Anthony Street (west side) - Grade II
House, C18. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth, brick band and eaves and Swithland slate roof with brick ridge and right end half projecting stacks. Two storeys of a 2 light and two 3 light leaded casements over similar with cambered lintels. Door on right end in one storey extension. On left end a 2 storey C19 rendered extension. Included for group value.
2, Church Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, c1700. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth and fragments of timber framing. Welsh slate roof with brick central ridge stack. 1½ storeys of two 2 light horizontal sliding sashes with 2 similar Lincolnshire dormers over. Door to right. Horizontal beam at dormer sill level. Similar at eaves level to rear and in rear gable of 1½ storey wing a tie beam truss with collar and clasped principals.
4, Church Street (north side) - Grade II
House, late C18. Red brick, whitewashed to front with moulded brick cornice and Swithland slate, part twin span, roof with brick ridge and end stacks. 2½ storeys of four 8/6 and 8/2 sash windows. Three 3/3 sash dormers half below eaves. On ground floor, from left: garage door; arch with doors within; rectangular sashed bay; doorcase with broken pediment on brackets, 6 panelled door and fanlight; and similar bay.
10 (April Cottage), Church Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/C17, refenestrated and reroofed mid C20. Cruck framed whitewashed brick with granite rubble stone plinth and timber framing and Welsh slate roof with brick left end stack. Two storeys of two 4 light casements over bow, central door and 3 light. On right end a pair of cruck blades and on rear 6x2 panels of timber framing. Group value with Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist (q.v.).
Church of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Church Street (east end) - Grade II* - Rothley Cross in the Churchyard is a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Church, C13-C15, restored and chancel rebuilt 1878. 1878 restoration by R Reynolds Rowe of Cambridge. Granite rubble stone with stone dressings and part battlemented, part Swithland slate roof. Stone coped gables, some with cross finials. W tower, nave, aisles, chancel, N organ chamber and N porch. Perp W tower of three stages with clasping buttresses becoming polygonal at second stage, and angle at third stage. W doorway with traceried spandrels. 3 light W window with stained glass of 1879. Clock face, quatrefoil and 1 light windows at second stage. Four 2 light bell openings, quartrefoiled lozenge frieze and battlements. Tall nave arch with deeply hollowed mouldings on semi-circular responds. 4½ bay N arcade of C13, with unchamfered arches of one step on circular piers. Four bay S arcade with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Perp clerestory with four 3 light windows on either side. Restored 6 bay low pitch tie beam roof, the tie beams original and with carved bosses. C14 N aisle the four windows with renewed reticulated tracery, three filled with C19 stained glass. NE window with intersected tracery opens into C19 N organ chamber. N door and porch. Double chamfered chancel arch on polygonal responds. Chancel has polygonal boarded roof and most of the windows filled with later C19 stained glass. C14 S aisle, the windows with renewed curvilinear tracery, and the SE with stained glass of 1897. Piscina with cusped niche. Small S door, and larger S door. Fine series of monuments. Tombe-chest with incised lid to Bartholomew Kyngston, died 1486, and wife. On front are inscribed Kingston’s Will and coat of arms. Incised slab is Robert Vincent and two wives, c1530. Tomb chest with incised lid to Humfrey Babington, died 1549, and wife. Hanging monument with many small figures to Thomas Babington, died 1567, and wife. Panel from C16 monument with two mermaids holding coat of arms of Kyngston impaling Skeffington. Wall monument to Anne Babington, died 1648, in alabaster with black and red marble, showing within an oval niche the busts of both Anne and her husband Matthew Babington : attributed to Edward Marshall. C19 wall monument, oak choir stalls and brass lectern. Round Norman font, with pattern of concentric lozenges, on C19 short shafts. Chancel screen, perp, with 1 light divisions, ogee arches decorated with foliage. Said dated 1520 in Kelly’s Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1881, where also tower dated 1425. White’s Leicestershire and Rutland, 1877, and Pevsner.
Hunt Headstone at Church Yard of St Mary the Virgin and St John the Baptist, Church Street (east side) - Grade II
Headstone, dated 1794. Swithland slate. Double headstone carved with small relief showing the collapse of Swithland Church on the day of the last judgement. Inscriptions to William Hunt and his wife Catherine. Stands c10m E of E end of Church. Pevsner.
Cossington Lock and Gates on River Soar, Cossington Lane (south side) - Grade II
Lock and gates, C19. Blue brick with stone edging, wood and iron. Side walls and two pairs of lock gates. Included for group value.
Bridge, Cossington Lane (south side) - 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.
War Memorial and Walls, Cross Green - Grade II
War memorial, c1920. Granite stone and slate. Rusticated square pedestal on stepped plinth with rectangular block above, surmounted by short obelisk. On block and pedestal are tablets inscribed with names of fallen in both World Wars. Low stone coped walls of granite rubble stone surround the Memorial.
6, Fowke Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C17. Timber framing and whitewashed render with high rendered plinth and thatch roof with brick central ridge and end stacks. Two storeys of three 3 light centre opening casements with three 6/2 sash windows on ground floor. Centre right is a wooden doorcase with bracketed hood and 6 panelled door up short flight of stone steps. Three bays of timber framing in large rectangular or square panels. Diagonal braces. Framing continues on right end where 2 light horizontal sliding sash on ground floor and 2 light casement over.
8, Fowke Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, dated 1727. Whitewashed render with rendered high plinth and Welsh slate roof with right end stack. Two storeys of two 2 light casements. Central part glazed door with slated canopy up flight of steps. Dated 1727 in large numbers in original brickwork along front above ground floor. Included for group value.
13, Fowke Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/C17. Cruck framed and whitewashed brick with granite rubble stone plinth and Welsh slate roof with brick left centre front and right end stacks. Two storeys of three 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows. Two similar windows on ground floor and glazed door to left up flight of steps. Cruck blade partly visible in front wall.
Barn at Woodcock Farm, Loughborough Road (east side) - Grade II
Barn, dated 1781. Red brick with plinth, dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof. Gable facing front to left. Long former threshing barn of two storeys height. Five bay double purlin tie beam truss roof with collars. Double doorways either side in centre. Otherwise loft doors and C19 brick steps up to one of these at rear. Here also a stable door with gauged brick rounded arch. C20 lean-to on front to right. Over this in large letter ‘T.B. 1781’ in black bricks.
36 (Old Farm House), North Street (east side) - Grade II
House, C18/early C19. Whitewashed render with rendered plinth brick dentilled eaves, and Welsh slate roof with brick ridge stacks. Two storeys of three 2/2 sash windows over four similar. Centre right, up two stone steps, the doorcase with small hood supported on carved consoles and 4 panelled door with overlight. To rear a red brick wing, probably C18, of 2½ storeys with Swithland slate roof.
55, North Street (west side) - Grade II
Includes No. 1 Town Green Street (North Side)
Two Cottages, early C19. Whitewashed brick with granite rubble stone plinth, brick band, nogged eaves, and C20 corrugated tile roof with brick ridge and left end stacks. Two storeys of two 3/3 sash windows. Central 7 panelled door, the top three panels glazed, up three steps. Right end on diagonal has a C20 window within original opening on both floors. Cambered lintels overall. Door to No. 55 to rear. Included for group value.
Bridge 100m South of end of Town Green Street, Rothley Park - Grade II
Bridge, dated 1819. Coursed squared granite rubble stone and red brick. Two segmental arches which are brick on the underside. A cutwater either side and three piers rising into the parapet. Top of parapet concreted. Ends are slightly splayed. Stone tablet on downstream side dated 1819. Spans Rothley Brook and was formerly for drive or ride to Rothley Temple, now Rothley Court Hotel (q.v.).
4 (Tower House), School Street (north side) - Grade II
House, dated 1779. Red brick and Swithland slate roof hipped to left with brick end stacks. Two storeys of two 8/8 sash windows with gauged brick lintels. Central 6 panelled door with glazed upper lights, overlight and slated canopied. A 1 light window in extension under hipped section of roof to left. Over the door is slate tablet inscribed ‘1779’.
57-63 (odd), Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
Group of four cottages, formerly barn and farm buildings. C1800, converted early C20. Conversion possibly by G E Clare. Red brick with small part granite rubble stone and rendered brick. Swithland slate roof with brick ridge end and side stacks, mostly ornamental with dentilled band. Conversion in the English vernacular style. L plan, main range extending to rear, gable facing, and wing projecting left. Main range faces right : two storeys of 8 1-3 light casements with glazing bars. On ground floor, from left, wooden porch with hipped roof, 2 side benches and part glazed door (no. 61) within; 2 light and 3 light casement; similar but long porch with rectangular bay projection within (1 light two 3 lights and 1 light) and similar doors (Nos. 57 and 59) and benches at either end; and finally a 3 light mullion and transom window. Cambered lintels overall. 1½ storey lean-to on right end. Facing gable has similar 4 light canted bay with 4 light casement over. Wing to left of one storey with gable projecting on left. Here a 5 light casement with top lights under a rounded arch. 2 light on right inner return and 6 light square bay between the two gables. Door to rear. On rear of main range can be seen a large blocked arch with cambered lintel, probably a doorway to the original barn. These buildings formerly formed part of No. 65 (The Homestead, q.v.) when Rothley Plain Farm. It was on the Rothley Temple estate which, at the beginning of C20, was developed as Rothley Garden Suburb. The resident architect was George E Clare, M.S.A. who probably designed the conversion. These buildings together with outbuilding (q.v.) and No. 65 form an interesting group both architecturally and historically. Rothley Garden Suburb, a brief description, Rothley 1909.
Outbuildings between 57 and 65, Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
Outbuilding, c1800. Granite rubble stone with red brick dressings and Swithland slate roof. Brick dentilled eaves. Single storey with various doors, windows and loop holes. Similar to rear. Adjoins rear of No. 57 (q.v.) and No. 65 (q.v.) Included for important group value with Nos. 57-63 and No. 65.
65 (The Homestead), Swithland Lane (east side) - Grade II
House, C18 with modifications c1920. Modification possibly by G E Clare. Red brick and Swithland slate roof with brick end and rear stacks. Brick dentilled eaves cornice. Two ranges , main range to left. Three storeys of leaded light casements: 3 light, 2 light, 3 light with cambered lintels. Three 2 lights on 2nd floor, the central taller and projecting above eaves level. On ground floor a one storey flat roofed projection c1920 with patterned lead band to edge of roof. On front to left a 5 light bow, central recessed porch with overlight and 4 light to right. Range to right probably raised ½ storey c1920. Two storeys of two 3 light leaded casements with top lights. Below a door (probably C18) and overlight within rounded arch and 3 light and 1 light to right. Casements and French window on left end. Inside are brick vaulted cellars, chamfered ceiling beams, c4½m wide inglenook in former kitchen, though hood gone, staircase probably C18 in part, oak panelling c1920, and in the entrance hall a plasterwork frieze c2/3m high of c1920 depicting figures in Roman dress and farm animals. This house was formerly Rothley Plain Farm and was part of the Rothley Temple estate, which at the beginning of C20, was developed as Rothley Garden Suburb. The resident architect was George E Clare, M.S.A., who probably altered the house and most of the adjoining outbuildings (now Nos. 57-63 Swithland Lane (q.v.). These buildings form an interesting group both architecturally and historically. Rothley Garden Suburb, a brief description, Rothley 1909.
1, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
Includes No. 55 North Street
Two Cottages, early C19. Whitewashed brick with granite rubble stone plinth, brick band, nogged eaves, and C20 corrugated tile roof with brick ridge and left end stacks. Two storeys of two 3/3 sash windows. Central 7 panelled door, the top three panels glazed, up three steps. Right end on diagonal has a C20 window within original opening on both floors. Cambered lintels overall. Door to No. 55 to rear. Included for group value.
3 Rood House, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
House, dated 1770. Red brick with granite rubble stone rear wall, moulded brick eaves cornice, and Swithland slate twin span roof with red brick end stacks. 3 storeys of 3 sash windows, 4/4 to 2nd floor, otherwise 8/8. Gauged brick lintels with central projecting painted keystones. Central doorcase with dentilled pediment and fluted pilasters, up stone step. 6 panelled door and overlight with curved glazing bars. To rear 2 and 3 light casements, some with leaded lights, French windows and 1 storey extension with hipped roof and side stack. Rainwater hood on left end inscribed ‘S.O.E. 1770’.
81 and Attached Outbuildings, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
House and outbuildings, C17. Timber framing and whitewashed brick with granite rubble stone plinth in part and C20 Roman tile roof, hipped to right, with brick ridge and left end projecting stacks. One long range, with large carriage entrance to right. House of 2 storeys of three 3 light and one 2 light casements over three 3 light and glazed door centre left. Three bays, 10 panels, of fragmentary timber framing, with diagonal braces, on front of house. Beyond carriage entrance two windows with one window over. On left end timber framing, one bay, 4 panels wide, and gable truss. Wing to rear.
89, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
House, C16 and C18. Cruck framed, painted brick with painted granite rubble stone plinth and C20 Roman tile roof with painted brick right ridge and right end stacks. A smaller range on either end of main central range. All of two storeys, central of three 2 light casements with top lights. On ground floor four similar casements with cambered lintels. 6 panelled door within wooden doorcase centre right. Firemark and horizontal timber over. On left end a pair of cruck blades and saddle are mostly visible. Left range of a 2 light horizontal sliding sash both floors. Right range of a 2 light casement over pair of garage doors.
91, Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C16 and c1800. Cruck framed, painted brick with painted granite rubble stone plinth and Welsh slate roof with brick right ridge and front left stacks. Two storeys of two 2 light horizontal sliding sash windows. On ground floor, towards left, a 3 light centre opening casement either side a plank door. To right a 9 pane fixed light and 2 light casement. Except last, cambered lintels to ground floor. On left end a first floor 2 light horizontal sliding sash and a partly visible pair of cruck blades.
103 (Keeper’s Cottage), Town Green Street (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C16 and c1800. Whitewashed brick with part of cruck frame, painted granite rubble stone plinth, and Welsh slate roof with whitewashed rendered central ridge and right end stacks. Two storeys of two 2 light horizontals sliding sashes over, from left, door, 2 light casement, door, and 3 light centre opening casement. Cambered lintels to ground floor. On right end part of a cruck blade is visible.
80, Town Green Street (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/C17. Timber framing with whitewashed brick nogging, granite rubble stone plinth and Welsh slate roof with brick central ridge stack. Two storeys of two 2 light casements. Door to left. 1½ bays of timber framing, 6x2 panels, mostly complete, and three diagonal braces. Lean-to with door on right end.
84 and 86, Town Green Street (south side) - Grade II
Range of two cottages, early C19. Whitewashed render with brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with rendered central ridge and end stacks. Two storeys of four 3 light centre opening casements. On ground floor central alley door and entrance doors between windows. Cambered lintels to ground floor.
Rothley Court Hotel and The Chapel, Westfield Lane (south side) - Grade I
Hotel, formerly mansion and attached chapel. C13, C17/C18 (stacked dated 1742) and 1895. Garden front and wing by John Ely, Manchester 1894/5. Granite rubble stone, with small part red brick, with stone dressings, stone and brick and stone cornice and parapet in part, and Swithland slate roof with brick ridge and side stacks. Hotel entrance front has a projecting gable either end, that to right with stone buttresses. 2½ storeys of eleven 6/6 sash windows. Five 2 light dormers, the central with rounded gable. 2 light casement in left gable attic. Probably C19 central stone porch in Renaissance style with rounded arch, pilasters, entablature and battlements. Part glazed door inside. Garden front to left has projecting stack dated 1742, and the 1894/5 wing mullion and transom windows with leaded lights, and with a two storey canted bay to left and loggia with two bay arcade to right. Rear has picturesque gables with sashes and attic casements. Inside are C18 oak staircase and C17 and C18 panelling, some with bolection moulding. Doorways with stone pointed arches in rooms next to Chapel. The Chapel, to right of entrance front, restored 1896, has E window facing. Single have with two storey S corridor linking house. Stepped buttresses and angle buttresses. Tall lancets with cusped heads, hoodmoulds and label stops. One to W and three either side to N and S. Large 3 light C15 E window, with shaft either side to half way up. Inside, the lancets have a roll moulding round frame and E window a moulded arch and shafts to sides. Piscina with cusped head and shaft either side. Roll moulded sill band in part. On S wall fragment of painting with writing in medieval English script. Restored four bay tie beam truss double purling roof with double collars, curved braces and waved wind braces. Round vase font possibly C13, a small marble cartouche of the Babington arms of possibly C17 and three C18 Babington hatchments. S doorway has arch with hollow chamfer and the corridor/porch a quadrapartite rib vault. The restored doorway, facing E between Hotel and Chapel has a many moulded arch with shaft either side. This mansion was known till recently as Rothley Temple. It was a preceptory of the Knights Templar, to whom the manor was given by Henry III. After their suppression it was given to the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem. At the dissolution it became a private house and the seat of the Babington family. Lord Macaulay was born here on 25th October, 1800. Pevsner.
Lodge, Turret, Gate Piers and Gates at Rothley Court Hotel, Westfield Lane (south side) - Grade II
Lodge, turret, gate piers and gates, c1895. Possibly by John Ely, Manchester. Granite rubble stone with bank, stone dressings and Swithland slate roof with brick side and rear stacks. Lodge has crow stepped gables. 1½ storeys of a 3 light stone mullion window with leaded lights. Pair of similar lancets over. Side to left facing drive has door within porch and similar 2 light window with similar lancets over in projecting gable to left. Between right gate pier and left side of Lodge a linking wall with Gothic arched doorway and door. Pair of wrought iron gates to drive. Left gate pier is linked to small round folly turret pier with conical roof c2m in diameter. Included for group value.
10, 10a and 12 (Motorex), Woodgate (south side) - Grade II
Shop, betting office and cottage, formerly range of stockinger’s workshop and cottages. Late C18. Render with brick dentilled eaves in part and pantile and Swithland slate roofs with brick ridge stack. Gable facing. Two storeys of one 2 light casement with top lights over C20 glazed door. Side to right faces alleyway. Here three ranges : 2 storeys: 1 storey: 2 storeys, the range whose gable faces Woodgate to left. This range of three 2 light horizontal sliding sashes both floors. One storey range with Swithland slate roof has two 5 light windows with central light being a horizontal sliding sash. These are wide but low, were for a stockinger’s workshop, and are a rare survival. Similar windows to rear of this range. Range to right with similar roof, of two 2/2 sashes over one similar.
Rothley 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 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 stores 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. Further small building beyond.
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. Rothley was opened on 15th March 1899 and closed on 4th March 1963. It was reopened on 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.
Cemetery Chapels, Mountsorrel Lane - Locally Listed
Cemetery Chapel. Perhaps Mid/Late C19. Quite severe, almost ‘sublime’ styling with neoclassical elements. Asymetrical cruciform plan. Mellow red/yellow brick with upstanding gables having stone dressed copings. Swithland slate pitched roofs. Main gables, each with a brick arched diocletian window, flanked by massive brick piers crowned with a pyramidal cap.
33, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
Private House. Late C19 / Early C20. Mixture of Queen Anne & Domestic Revival styling. Mellow red brick with projecting terra cotta string courses and expressed brick quoins. Stone clad projecting centre bay containing entrance surmounted by Italianate pediment. Above door a segmental arched pediment containing a tympanum embellished with relief decoration. Hipped Swithland slate roofs with terra cotta ridge & deep dentilated eaves. Serliana style dormer centred above entrance bay with hipped dormers on either side. Tall rectangular gable and ridge stacks with corbelled heads and terra cotta pots. Twin stacks on R frame flat topped oriel bay on 2nd floor. 3 storeys including roof space. 2 storey ‘annexe’ on L.
Generally, a mix of casement and tall sash windows. Once owned by Cecil Gee a local hosiery manufacturer.
54, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
Private House. Late C19 / Early C20. Domestic Revival styling. Mellow red brick to GF. Render to upper façade and projecting gable on R. C20 red brick extension attached at R. Swithland slate pitched roof with blind dormer and stack on front elevation. Plain rectangular stacks with terra cotta pots. 2 storeys plus roof attic storey in projecting gable. Horizontal casement windows.
60, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
Private House. Late C19 / Early C20. Domestic Vernacular Revival styling. Mellow red brick to GF. Upper façade rendered with half timbered gable to front elevation. Steep pitched clay tile roofs. Oversailing eaves. Tall ‘Tudor’ style eaves and gable stacks. 2 storeys including attic storey in roof. 1st floor oriel window under projecting half timbered gable both carried on timber corbel brackets. Asymmetrical plan. Generally, horizontal casement windows.
62, The Ridgeway - Locally Listed
Private House. Late C19 / Early C20. Perhaps recently renovated. C20 extension. attached on L. Domestic Revival styling. Mellow red brick with rendered and half timbered gables. Multi-gabled red clay tile pitched roofs. Deep eaves. Massive ‘Tudor Revival’ eaves stacks. 2 storeys with projecting 3 storey gable bay. Attic storey to gable bay carried on timber corbel brackets above 1st floor oriel window also carried on timber brackets. Asymmetrical plan. Generally, simple casement windows.
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