Former Poor Law Offices

Former Poor Law Offices, 3, 5 and 7, Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380350
Date first listed:: 09-Jun-2000
List Entry Name:: Former Poor Law Offices
Statutory Address:: Former Poor Law Offices, 3, 5 and 7, Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT

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Date:: 2007-09-30
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380350
Date first listed:: 09-Jun-2000
List Entry Name:: Former Poor Law Offices
Statutory Address 1:: Former Poor Law Offices, 3, 5 and 7, Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Former Poor Law Offices, 3, 5 and 7, Pocklingtons Walk, Leicester, LE1 6BT

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 58658 04240

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31/07/2018

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

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Legacy System number:: 480384
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.