Exterior view of the east end elevation of 1-6 Cressida Place, a terrace of cottages designed by architect William Butterfield, shown from the east

Date:
21 Jul 1976
Location:
Cressida Place, 1-6 Braunstone Lane, Braunstone, City Of Leicester, City Of Leicester
Reference:
BB76/05894
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The cottages were constructed in 1859, to Butterfield's designs. Butterfield was a pioneer of the Victorian Gothic Revival style, and these cottages display his characteristic use of decorative polychromatic brick patterns.

Content

This is part of the Job: 12/03303 1-6 Cressida Place, Braunstone Lane, Leicester; within the Volume: BF039775 1-6 Cressida Place, Braunstone Lane, Leicester; within the Sub Series: RCH01/002/021 RCHME Architectural Requests: City of Leicester; within the Series: RCH01/002 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: Architectural Requests; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Butterfield, William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Photographer: Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England

Keywords

Victorian Terrace, Victorian Terraced House