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Latitude: 52.634 / 52°38'2"N
Longitude: -1.1329 / 1°7'58"W
OS Eastings: 458780
OS Northings: 304383
OS Grid: SK587043
Mapcode National: GBR FGK.VN
Mapcode Global: WHDJJ.K2R0
Plus Code: 9C4WJVM8+JR
Entry Name: Sun Alliance Buildings
Listing Date: 30 March 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1361428
English Heritage Legacy ID: 188670
ID on this website: 101361428
Location: 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 St Martin
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
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SK 5804 SE
3/202
HORSEFAIR STREET (north side)
Nos 17 to 21 (odd) (Sun Alliance Buildings)
30.3.72
GV
II
1891 by Goddard and Paget. Modified C16 Flemish style. Red brick with much cut and moulded enrichment. Three storeys and attics. Ashlar ground floor with bracketed dentilled cornice over, large two three and five-light stone mullion/transom windows with small Ionic and Corinthian pilastered mullions, central round-arch doorway with carved spandrels and fluted Corinthian half-columns on pedestals, elliptical arch doorway with entablature on left. Above five windows, ends slightly project, moulded mullion/transom four and two-light windows with flanking brick pilasters with carved capitals, above first floor windows are small semi-circular shell niches in frieze of entablature. Above second floor windows relief decorations to deep frieze and dentilled cornice. Attic windows are in five gables with stone coping with finials, the end gables over projections have small flanking turret shafts, semi-circular shell niches over attic windows.
Nos 6-8, The Royal Hotel, Nos 17, 19 and 21 together with The Town Hall, Fountain and War Memorial in Town Hall Square and all listed buildings in Bishop Street form a group around Town Hall Square.
Listing NGR: SK5878004383
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