No. 4 and 5 Baxter Gate, Loughborough (Locally Listed)
Date Listed | Thu 17th June, 2004 |
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Category | Locally Listed Building |
Address | No. 4 & 5 Baxter Gate Loughborough LE11 1TG |
Grade | Locally Listed |
Grid Reference | SK5369819695 |
Description | Shop Premises. Built, 1905 (cartouche on parapet reads ?AD MCMV?). Italianate/Baroque Revival styling. Red brick with paired shaped gables. Elaborate stone eaves string course and balustrade between gables. Swithland slate pitched roof. 2 storeys. 3 stone dressed arched head window openings with exaggerated stone voussoirs. Each window with 6 paned casements. Upper three panes with leaded light decoration. Substantial mullions and transomes with Italianate modelling. Composition spoilt by crude modern shop fronts. Worthy of sympathetic restoration. |
The description above 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.