Description

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SK 5804 SE
718/3/10141

LEICESTER
POCKLINGTONS WALK (west side)
Numbers 3, 5 and 7, Former Poor Law Offices

(Formerly listed as Numbers 3, 5 and 7, Registry Office (Former Poor Law Offices))

GV
II
Poor Law Office, now Registry Office. 1883, converted mid C20. Orange brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Moulded ashlar plinth. Two storey.

Main east facade has eleven windows arranged 3.2.1.2.3. Central slightly projecting bay has double panel doors with fanlight in round headed opening with Ionic pilaster ashlar surround topped with pediment bearing the date 1883. Above a Venetian window with unusual glazing with an ashlar surround flanked by tall Corinthian pilasters to a moulded entablature. Above again a square cupola with single round headed sash window with flanking scroll piers topped with obelisks, the whole surmounted by an entablature and dome.

Either side slightly recessed two window sections with two plain sashes in elaborate ashlar surrounds with brackets supporting balconies above with stone balustrades. Upper windows in round headed ashlar surrounds with prominent keystones. Outer three bay wings project slightly with rusticated pilasters around two windows and a door to the right. Elaborate panel doors with overlights and plate glass sash windows. Above three further tall round headed sashes in elaborate ashlar surround with prominent keystones and four Corinthian pilaster between, each outer wing is topped by a broad pediment with carved coat-of-arms.

A very fine example of a rare building type.

Listing NGR: SK5865804240

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660555

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