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1-14, The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road

A Grade II* Listed Building in Leicester, City of Leicester

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Latitude: 52.6293 / 52°37'45"N

Longitude: -1.1309 / 1°7'51"W

OS Eastings: 458924

OS Northings: 303857

OS Grid: SK589038

Mapcode National: GBR FHM.9C

Mapcode Global: WHDJJ.L5QN

Plus Code: 9C4WJVH9+PM

Entry Name: 1-14, The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road

Listing Date: 5 January 1950

Last Amended: 6 June 1974

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1074019

English Heritage Legacy ID: 188684

Also known as: 1-14 The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road

ID on this website: 101074019

Location: Southfields, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1

County: City of Leicester

Electoral Ward/Division: Castle

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leicester

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Leicester Holy Trinity with St John the Divine

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/11/2020

SK 5803
9/59

KING STREET (east side)
THE CRESCENT
Nos 1 to 14 (consec)

(Formerly listed as Nos 1 and 2, No 3, Nos 4 to 14 (consec))

5.1.50

GV
II*
Includes No 56 King Street and No 38 Regent Road.

Circa 1810. Restored. Crescent of very pleasing design, in red brick. Stucco eaves cornice and bands of first floor sills. Thirteen windows each side of centre which breaks forward with pilastered ends and three windows. All sashes with glazing bars and rubbed flat brick arches. The end elevations have each three windows and high plinth and these and the centre are pedimented, and have a stucco frieze continuing the line of the cornice of the main block. Central tympanum has a bulls-eye window with stucco frame. All doors (except centre) are double-recessed round arches with radial glazed fanlights and six-fielded-panel doors. Centre has full-length second storey windows with good wrought iron balcony, and paired entrance doors under a large elliptical traceried fanlight, with a porch in iron teillage with frieze and shallow pediment all of delicate design. Area railings have been removed.

Nos 1 to 14 (consec) No 56 and No 38 Regent Street form a group.

Listing NGR: SK5892403857

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