1-14, The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road
1-14, The Crescent, King Street, Leicester
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074019
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jan-1950
- List Entry Name:
- 1-14, The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road
- Statutory Address:
- 1-14, The Crescent, King Street, Leicester
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1074019
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jan-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Jun-1974
- List Entry Name:
- 1-14, The Crescent including 56 King Street and 38 Regent Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1-14, The Crescent, King Street, Leicester
- Statutory Address 2:
- 38, Regent Road, Leicester
- Statutory Address 3:
- 56, King Street, Leicester
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 1-14, The Crescent, King Street, Leicester
- Statutory Address:
- 38, Regent Road, Leicester
- Statutory Address:
- 56, King Street, Leicester
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Leicester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 58924 03857
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 188684
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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