Exchange Building
EXCHANGE BUILDING, 34 - 50, RUTLAND STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380562
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Exchange Building
- Statutory Address:
- EXCHANGE BUILDING, 34 - 50, RUTLAND STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1380562
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jul-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Exchange Building
- Statutory Address 1:
- EXCHANGE BUILDING, 34 - 50, RUTLAND STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- EXCHANGE BUILDING, 61 - 67, HALFORD STREET
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:
- EXCHANGE BUILDING, 34 - 50, RUTLAND STREET
- Statutory Address:
- EXCHANGE BUILDING, 61 - 67, HALFORD STREET
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 59113 04486
Details
SK 5904 RUTLAND STREET 718/8/10147 Leicester 06-JUL-00 (Northwest side) 34 - 50 Exchange Building HALFORD STREET Leicester (South side) 61 - 67 Exchange Building II
Shops and offices. 1888. Designed by Stockdale Harrison of Leicester. Red brick with blue brick and ashlar dressings. 3 storey.
Main front to Rutland Street has 13 windows arranged unsymmetrically either side of tall off-centre main entrance. Moulded ashlar doorway has wrought iron gates and dated cartouche with panel above inscribed EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. Above a 4 sash window divided by ashlar mullions, above again a round headed window with 4-lights below and a moulded brick and ashlar arch to a semi-circular window with carved keystone. Square tower projects above with triple sash window, brick parapet and square corner finials topped with a square hipped plain tile roof with tall lead finials. Either side original wooden shopfronts with recessed doorways and overlights and large plate glass windows with smaller top lights with leaded tracery, wooden pilasters between each window and continuous moulded wooden fascia boards above. Similar shopfronts continue around canted corners at either end and on to side facades to Halford Street and Wigston Street. First floor has 5 canted oriel windows to right and 6 similar windows to left all with plain tile hipped roofs and upper windows with margin lights. Second floor has slightly irregular alternating double sashes and triple sashes in round headed opening with terracotta infill. Similar fenestration to canted corners at either end and on facade to Halford Street. Wigston Street facade has plainer fenestration with single light central window flanked by triple windows on first floor and round headed single window above flanked by pairs of sash windows.
Listing NGR: SK5911304486
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 480819
- 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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