Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area Character Statement

Supplementary Planning Guidance

Urban Design Group Adopted September 2002

1 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

2 Supplementary Planning Guidance SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA Character Statement (Adopted: September 2002)

3 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

Contents Page No

1.0 Introduction 5

2.0 Location and landform 5

3.0 Archaeology, history and development 6

4.0 Prevailing uses 8

5.0 Architectural character 9

6.0 Key unlisted buildings 11

7.0 Townscape 12

8.0 Building materials 13

9.0 Open space and trees 14

10.0 Lighting and street furniture 15

11.0 Loss of character 15

12.0 Preserving the character 16

13.0 Conservation Area boundary 17

Appendix 1 List of Properties within Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area 17

Appendix 2 Listed Buildings 19

Map 1 City Of Leicester Conservation Areas 20

Map 2 Boundary of Spinney Hill Conservation Area 21

Map 3 1828 Map of Spinney Hills 22

Map 4 1886 Ordnance Survey Map 23

4 1.0 Introduction 1.1 A conservation area is defined as an area of special architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance1 . There are 23 conservation areas in Leicester which contain the best of the older parts of the city. Each conservation area is distinctive and contains qualities which help to give the city an overall character of its own. The City Council designates conservation areas, after consulting local people, under powers contained in national planning legislation and in accordance with advice from central government.

1.2 The Council has a duty to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of conservation areas and the purpose of this statement is to identify the factors which make the Spinney Hill Conservation Area an area of special architectural and historic interest. It is not the purpose of a conservation area to prevent One of the cast metal signs that advertise the change but to manage change in the light of the existing character conservation area and also help to provide texture and visual interest. of the area. The statement will enable the Council to ensure that, when considering planning applications within the conservation area, the development will help to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the area.

1.3 Looking after and improving the quality of conservation areas can bring real benefits to the people who live and work there. An attractive environment also helps to maintain property values. However, for a conservation area to be successful, both residents and property owners must play their part. The Council will continue to strive to improve the environment of conservation areas whenever the opportunity presents itself and when resources are available and will encourage others to do likewise.

1.4 The Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area was designated in October 1982. In order to preserve the special character of the houses in the area from unsympathetic alterations, an Article 4 Direction was declared in January 1983. The effect of this has been to require planning permission for alterations to houses, such as the installation of replacement windows, doors or re-roofing. 2.0 Location and landform 2.1 Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area is located three kilometres to the east of Leicester city centre and comprises an area of approximately 20 hectares bounded by Mere Road, St Saviour’s Road, East Park Road and Park Vale Road. The boundary of the Conservation Area is shown on map 2.

1Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 section 69

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2.2 The topography of the area is influenced by the underlying rock formation, which has created a ridge and vale running north to south, resulting in steeply sloping streets not typical of Leicester as a whole. Two of the roads in the area, Mere Road and St Saviour’s Road, follow the line of curving farm tracks and contrast with the straight grid pattern of the surrounding area. 3.0 Archaeology, history and development 3.1 Spinney Hill Park lies within the former parish of Evington and was not absorbed into Leicester until 1892. The archaeology of the area is poorly understood and there are only two known historic sites. Evington Mill, a medieval windmill, was located at the junction of Mere Road and Buxton Street, whilst immediately east of East Park Road and either side of Gwendolen Road lies the site of a substantial moated platform. The moat is likely to have enclosed a manor house or similar building from the 13th or 14th century and is commemorated in the name of Moat Road; the last trace of it as an earthwork feature was recorded in the 1940s to the rear of buildings south of Gwendolen Road. There are, however, records of a small number of prehistoric flint artefacts found in the area, including Neolithic and Early Bronze Age arrowheads. The limited information on the archaeology of the area reflects the lack of investigation that has been undertaken although, on the basis of comparison with other areas of the city, it is likely that unrecognised buried remains survive from the prehistoric to the more recent past.

3.2 Until the late 1880s, the area was largely countryside, although the map of 1886 (map 4) shows that there were clay and lime pits in the area, making bricks and mortar for the growing town. However, towards the end of the 19th century, Leicester was expanding rapidly outwards as a result of prosperity based on thriving hosiery, boot and shoe and light engineering industries. To the west of Spinney Hill Park, South Highfields had developed earlier in the 19th century as a middle-class suburb, but its popularity declined from the 1880s onwards as Stoneygate was opened-up for development. As a consequence, land values in Highfields declined and, as development edged its way eastwards, small back-of- pavement terraced houses were built. Market forces encouraged the building of similar dense terraced streets, workshops and factories across Leicester to standards specified in the Corporation’s bye- laws, but with few amenities in the form of parks or open spaces. In the early 1880s, the Corporation took the initiative by buying land to create three public parks – Abbey Park in 1882, Spinney Hill Park in 1886 and Western Park in 1887. 3.3 Spinney Hill Park was laid out on the site of an existing 6 spinney and was formally opened on 24th August 1886, complete with fountain and bandstand. When opened, the 36-acre park was already endowed with many mature trees planted by the previous landowner, Colonel Burnaby, who sold the land to the Corporation for £18,000 with a proviso that the area, “be set apart as a public park or recreation ground and not at any future period would be turned into building plots or worked for minerals; trees were to remain, as far as possible”. As originally laid out, the park included a cricket pitch, bowling green, tennis courts, separate boys and girls playgrounds and a tea pavilion. The existing Evington Brook was diverted and converted into a series of cascades. Extensive planting was carried out and a woodland walk provided, with two “carriage drives” formed on the western and southern sides. The park lodge and refreshment pavilion was built in a Domestic revival style by Stockdale Harrison, a well- known local architect. The lodge remains, although the pavilion burnt down in the 1970s.

3.4 The opening of the park immediately raised the status of this part of Highfields. The four streets bounding Spinney Hill Park, St Saviour’s Road, East Park Road, Mere Road and Park Vale Road, offered the most attractive residential sites in the neighbourhood and were developed with substantial sized Two historic views of the park. Above: The western ‘carriage drive’ with the tea pavilion houses for middle-class and drinking fountain. Below: A picture taken from the park entrance opposite Berners professional and business people. Street, showing the fountain and a general view to the east.

3.5 There had been a limited amount of building to the north of the park (around St Saviour’s Road/Mere Road junction) before 1880. However, the first houses to be built following the laying-out of the park were nos. 164 to 194 St Saviour’s Road, built by Arthur Wakerley, an important local politician, architect and developer, in 1887 and this terrace set the standard for the development of the area. The remaining properties along

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St Saviour’s Road were built between 1890 and 1900, although development was not completed until 1910 with the building of nos. 220-248. Mere Road and East Park Road were largely completed in the years between 1890 and 1895, although some infill semi- detached housing was built along East Park Road in the 1930s. Park Vale Road was the last of the streets to be completed, with the majority of the properties dating from between 1910 and 1920.

3.6 The role of Arthur Wakerley in the development of the area is significant. In the 1880s, Wakerley bought land in North Evington, to the north of Spinney Hill Park, with the aim of developing a complete working class community. Although only part of Wakerley’s planned suburb is within the Conservation Area, his impact on the growth of the area was considerable. He formed a Freehold House Society to enable working people to purchase their own homes and provided public buildings such as a police and fire station, a church and a market hall. Wakerley also built Wesley Hall at the corner of Hartington Road and Mere Road built for Arthur factories, notably along St Saviour’s Road, and houses for managers Wakerley. to encourage manufacturers into the district.

3.7 Recently, the proposed location of a police station within Spinney Hill Park, planning permission for which was granted in 2001, has been controversial.

4.0 Prevailing uses 4.1 The predominant use of properties within the area remains as single family houses. However, along East Park Road, a number of the larger The clock tower of the Imperial Hotel forms a prominent properties have been converted into flats, whilst landmark. It was built by Arthur Wakerley originally as there are also a number of commercial uses, a Temperence Hotel. notably shops and a petrol filling station. There are several places of worship within the Conservation Area, notably St Stephen’s Church on St Saviours Road, the Evangelical Church on Mere Road and Wesley Hall on Hartington Road.

4.2 The centrepiece of the Conservation Area is, however, Spinney Hill Park. The park covers an area of 15 hectares (36 acres) and is particularly important for recreational and cultural events as there is no other local area of public open space. There are several play areas within the park, an The Evangelical Church, corner of Mere Road and Donnington adventure playground, four tennis courts, a Street. bowling green, a crazy golf course, football pitches

8 and a cricket all-weather practice pitch. 5.0 Architectural character The inclusion of buildings in this section is selective and is intended to illustrate the range of building types, styles and materials in the conservation area. If a building is not included, this should not be taken to indicate that it does not make a significant contribution to the character of the conservation area.

5.1 The value of the area lies in its especially attractive visual quality rather than its historical importance. Although only one building in the area is listed as being of special architectural and historic interest, there are a number of properties of note which help to create the distinctive character of the area.

5.2 Houses were built to a variety of designs but many reflect the Domestic vernacular revival or “cottage” architecture typical of the Arts and Crafts movement of the late Victorian and The varied roofline and rich variety of styles and decoration to the Edwardian period. Recurring themes that are houses along Mere Road help to give the area much individuality and evident include combinations of sham timber character. framing, tile hanging, tall ribbed chimneys, steeply pitched half-timbered gables and attractive timber details such as porches and balconies with turned wooden balusters, projecting bays and dormer windows. A unifying feature throughout the area is the rich use of decoration.

5.3 The houses were built by a number of separate developers either as individual properties or in small groups of similar design and include many decorative features and details unique to the area. Each street facing Spinney Hill Park, Houses along Mere Road, cleverly angled to make maximum use of however, has its own character. the space and to ensure good views of the park opposite.

5.4 Mere Road is a particularly attractive winding road following the line of a country lane, with mature lime trees broken at regular intervals by streets of terraced houses. The houses have been individually designed to be in harmony with each other whilst retaining their individuality through imaginative combinations of decorative details deriving from the late nineteenth century vernacular revival. Architects made the most of cramped sites by

9 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement building elegant two and three- storey houses with bay windows in groups of between three to seven properties. Each group is orientated at a different angle, partly because of the winding road but also because the large bay windows were positioned to maximise the view across the park and to catch the sun. Roof lines are varied with steeply pitched gables and tall ribbed chimneys set on jettied, half- timbered upper storeys. Rectangular, canted and semi- A primary feature of some of the larger Mere Road houses is the varied design of the circular bay windows are a dormers and the clever use of materials giving much rhythm and pattern. Great attention has feature. been given to the side walls of corner properties by often including fine projecting chimney breasts, imposing entrances and windows.

5.5 Corner sites on Mere Road have been carefully exploited, taking the eye around the corner by articulating the sides of the houses with gables, carved brickwork and tall projecting chimney- breasts corbelled out from the ground or first floors. The corner houses have become focal points as well as providing the transition in scale to the smaller terraced houses in the side streets.

5.6 The north side of St Saviour’s Road contains several groups Mere Road - this splayed window of fine houses in planned terraces built to a single design with single incorporates an impressive corbelled stone and two-storey bay windows, dormer windows with pediments or lintel with horizontal decorative stone banding to the walls. stone finials, timber porches, balconies and coved eaves. Park Terrace, nos.164-194, was sympathetically restored by the East Midlands Housing Association in the 1980s; the terrace of substantial three-storey houses, each named after characters in Greek mythology, sweeps down the slope from Mere Road. Although the windows have been replaced, timber frames were used to retain the character. The terrace between nos. 220 and 248 St Saviour’s Road is also interesting, with ground floor bay windows having stained glass top-lights, timber curved pediments to first 164 - 194 St. Saviour’s Road - built by the architect and developer Arthur Wakerley. floor windows and curved dormer roofs. Rendering of the first floor and the use of plain red roof tiles further unify the terrace.

5.7 East Park Road contains a number of interesting properties of varying styles, although many have been unsympathetically altered. St Stephen’s Church was built in Gothic-style to a design by Stockdale Harrison between 1897 and 1903. Of the residential properties, the curved brick gables to nos. 170 to 176 are distinctive, although they have lost their original stone pinnacles. The terrace

10 of large houses between nos. 200 to 214 East Park Road are in the Domestic revival style, while the distinctive gabled properties between 216 and 234 were built by Arthur Wakerley in 1910 for managers of local factories; each house is L-shaped and although built in a terrace, appear to be semi-detached. East Park Road was completed in the 1930s with the building of several semi-detached houses.

5.8 Park Vale Road is a quiet residential street and was the last road to be laid-out in the Conservation Area. Many of the houses are in uniform terraced groups. It was originally intended that the houses would back onto the park. However, this provoked a public The elaborate plasterwork decoration to the outcry such that the street was re-planned to enable houses to face bays of this pair of villas on East Park the park. Development commenced at the Mere Road end at the Road gives a distinctive touch. beginning of the twentieth century, although the majority of the houses were built in the years between 1910 and 1920. The property at the corner of Mere Road is particularly prominent, featuring a stone bay, half-timbered gables and multi-pane windows and is built in the Domestic revival style.

5.9 As with other properties in the area, the retention of original doors with stained glass panels and timber sash windows is an important feature of houses along Park Vale Road. The terrace between nos. 5 and 27 features ground The stepped dormers and bay windows of these houses on Park Vale Road were built in a style known as ‘Cottage’ architecture. floor bay windows with prominent dormers providing visual unity. Nos. 35 to 43 and 47 to 65 Park Vale Road form two distinctive groups, with “tall-boy” chimney pots, central doorways with stained glass panels and house names within fanlights beneath timber canopies.

6.0 Key unlisted buildings 6.1 Although there is just one building within the Conservation Area that is statutorily listed as being of architectural or historical importance, there are a number of buildings which contribute to the appearance and character of the area.

6.2 Some of the most important are the larger public buildings which were built on corner sites and offer pleasing distant views and contrasting architectural styles. Notable examples are the Evangelical Free Church (1892) on Mere Road and the Wesley Hall and School (1896 and 1902) on Hartington Road, designed by One of the many original front doors typical nationally known architects Drapers and Walters and combining of the conservation area. This one features a Art Nouveau, Vernacular Revival and baroque detailing. Other complete set of fine leaded and stained glass.

11 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement important buildings are Spinney Hill Park Lodge, designed in a Tudor vernacular revival style and St Stephen’s Church, which acts as a landmark at the corner of East Park Road and St Saviour’s Road.

6.3 The former Imperial Hotel at the junction of St Saviour’s Road and Mere Road dates from 1881 and was originally topped by a cupola; the tower is a prominent landmark in the area. The hotel was built by Joseph Hallam but is often credited as being built as a temperance hotel by Arthur Wakerley.

7.0 Townscape The recent listing of the park lodge perhaps 7.1 Townscape refers to the way in which views open and close offers a new lease of life for this unique building. through an area, to changes in levels, visual contrasts and linkages and the rhythm and pattern in the street scene. These elements give an area individuality and character.

7.2 Within the Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area, the townscape quality is strongly influenced by the proximity to the park, the quality of the buildings and the change in level of the streets. One of the strongest elements is formed by the steep gradient along St Saviour’s Road, which together with the curve in the road and the way the houses step down the hill, creates an attractive view. The townscape value of the distinctive groups of houses is particularly important, notably the group known as Park Terrace (164 to 194 St Saviour’s Road) and the unified terrace of houses between 220 and 248 St Saviour’s Road, where the road levels out.

7.3 The curve in the building line and the mature trees on Mere Road also create an attractive townscape. The Wesley Hall, Hartington Road. houses are generally large and built to individual designs and are stepped back to create interesting shapes and spaces. Views into Spinney Hill Park and across the park from the higher ground on Mere Road towards Evington are important.

The sweeping curves of the upper part of St. Saviour’s Road helps to give much distinction to this part of the conservation area

12 8.0 Building materials 8.1 The predominant building material throughout the conservation area is the orange/ red Leicester brick that was also used throughout much of the city in the late nineteenth century. The facing bricks are usually of high quality. Render was sometimes used for decoration at first floor level. Roofs are generally of Welsh slate, although a limited amount of plain red clay tiles were also used. However, there are variations in materials and interesting details on doors and windows which define the quality of the area. The gently curving terrace between 220 and 248 St. Saviour’s Road has unusual curved timber pediments to first floor windows 8.2 Rectangular, canted and semi-circular bay and interesting curved wooden dormers above. windows, often with sham timber framing, are an important feature. Windows traditionally are timber vertical sliding sash, sometimes with small upper panes of leaded and coloured glass. Other important decorative features are tile Semi-circular bay window - St. Saviour’s Road hanging, brick cornices, balconies and porches with attractive carved brackets and balusters. The original front doors were normally wooden panelled, with some of the upper panels in attractive cut or stained glass. In order to protect the character and appearance of the area, new buildings, alterations and These finely crafted original doors are typical extensions to properties should use of the area and with care will last for many traditional materials. more years.

8.3 Virtually all of the houses in the Cast iron gate and piers to the park boundary. Conservation Area have front gardens and the front boundary is an important feature in the streetscene. The traditional boundary is a low brick wall and railings. A number of boundary walls were removed or damaged over time and many have been rebuilt with grant assistance under City Council environmental improvement schemes. Other boundaries include timber fences and railings, whilst privet hedges are found in front of some properties.

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9.0 Open space and trees 9.1 Spinney Hill Park has largely retained the essence of its original design and is a good example of a Victorian local park of the late 19th century. It has a well-established tree population with many mature specimens over one hundred years old, although much of the original Victorian planting, notably of evergreens, has been lost. Many of the trees are formally planted along the main paths, producing avenues of London plane and lime. There are also several Spinney Hill Park looking east. The former drinking fountain can notable beech, oak, and horse chestnut trees in be seen to the right of the picture. Compare this view with the the park, and other large, mature trees include historic picture shown on page 7. sycamore, Lombardy poplar, hybrid black poplar, willow and ash. There are several areas of copse planting and a wildlife area, established in 1986. The lodge, bowling green, fountain and gates on Mere Road and Park Vale Road are important remaining historic features, although the adventure playground is an intrusive feature.

9.2 To the west of the park, there is a line of mature lime trees along one side of Mere Road. Further south on Mere Road, between Derwent Street and Earl Howe Street, there are limes on Mere Road glimpsed through the mature trees of the park. both sides of the road; these trees are subject to pollarding on a three year cycle to limit their size due to their proximity to houses. There are other heavily pollarded limes in the front gardens of the properties at 216 to 234 East Park Road and two mature plane trees in a small triangular area of land on Shelborne Street.

9.3 Responsibility for street trees lies with the City Council and future management and replacement programmes are essential Pollarded limes, Mere Road. elements in conserving the character of the area. Strategies and management plans are being developed for street trees throughout the city and this will help to maintain the distinctive character of the area by ensuring that street trees are kept in good condition and any diseased or dying trees are replaced at the earliest opportunity.

9.4 The dense pattern of development in the Conservation Area severely restricts the opportunity to establish trees of significant size within gardens and the many fine trees that stand in the park are a great asset to the wider area.

14 10.0 Lighting and street furniture 10.1 Most of the street lighting in the area is on either concrete or steel columns. Cast iron bollards have been installed in the pavement in places to prevent cars encroaching.

10.2 Road surfaces in the area are tarmac with concrete paving slabs for pavements. Traffic calming measures comprising road humps and narrowing of the highway have been introduced on St Saviour’s Road, Mere Road and Park Vale Road.

11.0 Loss of character 11.1 Although not widespread, the greatest erosion of character that has occurred in the Conservation Area has been the replacement of original features such as windows and doors. This is particularly the case along East Park Road. Many of the replacements are in uPVC or aluminium and do not reflect the fine detail of the originals. Unauthorised and insensitive replacement uPVC windows and front door resulting in the loss of much of the architectural Some of these replacements have taken place character of this property. despite the Article 4 Direction that was declared in 1983 in order to try to preserve the important architectural details which make a significant contribution to the special character and appearance of the area.

11.2 Several of the shops on East Park Road are in poor condition and their appearance is detrimental to that of the area. There have also been a considerable number of alterations to properties on East Park Road that have not always been sympathetic to the appearance of the buildings or area. In addition, the high volume of traffic along East Park Road is detrimental to the character of the Conservation Area.

11.3 The historic fabric of Spinney Hill Park has begun to degrade with the footpaths, railings, brook and planting requiring restoration. As a consequence, the Council has submitted a bid for Heritage Lottery Funding to restore the park to largely its original condition. A delightful well-maintained terrace house with many of the fine achitectural details so typical of properties within the conservation area. 15 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

12.0 Preserving the Character 12.1 The special character of the Spinney Hill area mainly derives from the quality of the individual buildings and decorative features such as timber sash windows, stained glass and timber doors. Widespread replacement or loss of such features would do great harm to the appearance and character of the area. For this reason, the City Council declared an Article 4 Direction on properties in the area in 1983, soon after the designation of the Conservation Area. The Direction means that planning permission is required for alterations which affect the external appearance of houses in the Conservation Area, such as:

• extensions; • new windows or doors; • re-roofing or alterations to chimneys and ridge tiles; • erection of porches; • covering gardens in concrete or tarmac or taking-down garden walls or fences to make car parking spaces; • erection of gates, fences or walls; • covering walls by rendering or painting the brickwork, cladding walls with stone, artificial stone timber, plastic or tiles.

12.2 Despite pressure to alter properties and a number of breaches of planning control, the Article 4 Direction has been successful in safeguarding the appearance and character of the area and it is not proposed that the Direction be revoked.

12.3 Repair and restoration work should always try to retain the original appearance of the building and be in materials to match the originals. The use of uPVC to replace original timber for windows, particularly on elevations facing the street, will not normally be permitted; uPVC windows are unlikely to match the detail or craftsmanship of the original timber windows. Wherever possible, existing window frames should be repaired rather than replaced. Where a roof has to be re-laid, the original slates should be re-used, supplemented with second-hand slates. Artificial slates should not be used, as their shiny, regular appearance is out of keeping with the area. Slates should not be coated with bitumen or plastic coatings as this will not only look unattractive but can cause roof timbers to rot due to lack of ventilation and will also prevent the salvage and possible re-use of slates.

12.4 Conservation area designation also means that consent must be obtained from the Council to demolish all but the smallest buildings (such as outbuildings) and may also be needed to demolish

16 parts of buildings, such as chimney stacks or front boundary walls. There are also tighter restrictions on installing satellite dishes within conservation areas than elsewhere. The Council accepts that it would be unreasonable to oppose their installation altogether, but normally requires that dishes and antennae are placed on the rear of buildings so as to have the least possible effect on the character and appearance of the conservation area.

13.0 Conservation Area boundary 13.1 The Council is required to periodically review the boundaries of conservation areas and to consider cancellation of designation where part of an area no longer possesses the special interest, which led to its original designation.

13.2 As part of the survey for this character statement, the boundaries of the Conservation Area have been re-assessed. It is considered, however, that the Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area remains an area of special architectural and historic interest and continues to justify its special status. It is not therefore proposed to revise the boundary.

APPENDICES Appendix 1: List of Properties within Spinney Hill Park Conservation Area

Asfordby Street – No. 1

Ashbourne Street – Nos. 63 & 70

Baggrave Street – No. 1

Berners Street – Nos. 147 & 154

Buxton Street - No.81

Cork Street – No.2

Dale Street – No.77

Darley Street – Nos. 69 & 74

Derwent Street – Nos. 71 & 68 17 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

Diseworth Street – Nos. 55 & 57

Donnington Street – No. 65

Dronfield Street – Nos. 1 & 2

Earl Howe Street – No. 132

East Park Road – St Stephen’s Church, Nos. 123, 168-176, petrol station, 188-238, 264-280, 284-294

Fairfield Street – No.1

Gwendolen Road – No.2

Halstead Street – Nos.1 & 2

Hartington Road – No.76 (Wesley Hall)

Mere Road - Nos.91-119, 123-181, Evangelical Free Church, 183, 189-215, Imperial Hotel, 126-152, 166-182

Moat Road No. 1

Nottingham Road No.1

Spinney Hill Park – The Lodge

Park Vale Road – Nos1-71

St Saviour’s Road – Nos.148-248

Shelbourne Street – Nos. 1, 5-11

Worthington Street - No.78

All buildings are covered by an Article 4 Direction except the following:

East Park Road: St Stephen’s Church & petrol filling station;

Hartington Road: Wesley Hall & School;

Mere Road: Former Imperial Hotel, Nos.175-181 & Evangelical Church. 18 Appendix 2: Listed Buildings

There is one listed building within the Conservation Area: The Lodge, Spinney Hill Park.

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City Centre detail B667

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Crown Copyright. Leicester City Council Licence No. LA 0784 17. Map 1. City of Leicester Conservation Areas

1 New Walk 9 Aylestone Village 17 St. George’s

2 Castle Gardens 10 Knighton Village 18 Market Street

3 Cathedral /Guildhall 11 Stoneygate 19 High Street

4 Town Hall Square 12 Evington Footpath 20 Evington Village

5 Old Humberstone 13 South Highfields 21 Ashleigh Road

6 Braunstone Village 14 Spinney Hill Park 22 Westcotes Drive

7 Belgrave Hall 15 Loughborough Road 23 All Saints’

8 Market Place 16 Daneshill Listed chronologically 20

ST SAVIOUR'S ROAD 39

FREDERICK ROAD 76 to 72

PROSPECT Factory

62 69 72 27 65

46 84 133

Works Police Station Garage 71

57 15 104 ASFORDBY STREET 50

57 2 Factory 55

78.4m 124 40

3 38 68 Factory

45 67 ATKINSON 60 135

STREET BAGGRAVE STREET

42 Works

1 1

42 26 114

BEAUMONT ROAD 82 Factory

57 45a LONDON STREET 33 45

MERE ROAD Atkinson Street 66 44

ATKINSONSTREET 70 14 Factory

58 Wakerley 15 2 45

54 48

21 LB Court Factory

28 5

137 Mosque 4 124

2 72

HILL

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10 73 36 Factory

TCBs 49

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52 12 1 Surgery Granby Avenue Works

143 130 Factory

109 37 16 37 Works 60

24 62 35 9 ST SAVIOUR'S 69 Factory 61 HILL

Posts 32

25 14 39

117

83 100 12 67 64

33 Works 60 Factory 42 SA

MORLEY ROAD 22 138 Citadel

2 Factory 4 13

PROSPECT Works

10 50

91 28

2 23 EASTPARK ROAD

40 12 29

1 18

81 HALSTEAD STREET

PH 48

37 30 Works 126

46 Granby Avenue

HARTINGTON ROAD 42

146 16 28.5 81 TCB 101

Evington Brook

116

54 13

51 Church

64 120

53 7

81 9 118

74 36

65 56 25 122

28 5

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67 82.2m

111

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84 89

24 69

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79 1 3 6 128

80.7m 5 Works

71 BM 82.11m

88 16a Factory

11 148 23 73 21

79 SHELBOURNE 1 132

130 50 24

54 82

60 Rifle

134 11 24a

Works Butts

91 STREET

31 Factory

77 4 ROAD (PH) 138

136 5 2 9

69 73.9m

Slope 16 140

Shelter 47 NOTTINGHAM

8a 1 TCB

72 76 12 214

144 67 206 1a

162 146 1

8b 61.8m 65 101 52 196 BM 71.22m

57 1 1

2 BM 62.87m 216 ROAD

60 64

ST 45

150 2

55 Highfield's HALSTEAD 148 2

48 40 105 194 ST SAVIOUR'S Adventure Playground 164 63.5m 62.1m NOTTINGHAM ROAD 228 50

53 184 174

45 115 Pavilion 158

HADDON STREET 238

117 156 47 CR 119

48 52 Hindu 84.0m 67.4m 160

PC 43

Temple CHATSWORTH STREET BAKEWELL STREET Slope

38 Boro Const & Ward Bdy Slope FB Spinney Hill 248 Bank 121

Park 250 166

41 Bowling Green 33

31a

36 40 119 61.6m 252 31 Spinney Hill Park TCB

26 Lodge

48 31 50 123 Tennis Courts

52 29 BUXTON STREET

56 34

58 Tennis Courts 37 35 39 28 CR

60 29 41 St

24 29 62

Putting Green 260 51 Ward Bdy Stephen's 74

22 129 Church

BUXTON STREET StStephen's

18 27

Putting Green 168 65 BM84.70m Church 26 Tennis Courts

30 27 266 25 81 268 14 Tennis Courts

40 261

Hall 4 131 176

84.3m

13 37

62.2m Works 12 13

16 16

12 13

HADDON STREET 188

CHATSWORTH STREET 141

BAKEWELL STREET

2 Chy 1 Hall

122

128 2 1 144 2 35

1 Spinney Hill 134 151 El Sub Sta LB 198 Primary School

95 152 & Community 154

62.2m 109 Centre 2

123 2a 135 TCBs 4 BM62.87m

83.3m

147

Pillar 1

200 12

45 26

1a 153 3

36 46 155 Play 13 Area ASHBOURNE STREET 58

70 47

25 ORSONSTREET

Spinney Hill Park 212 39

LB 51

El Sub Sta 38 25 63

MOAT ROAD VENTORSTREET 22

Vicarage 37

157 Spinney Hill Park 32 3 Shelter

62 26 40 38 62.9m 50 159 PC

53 226

53 81.6m

65 52

71 77 13

masonry Sloping 72

161

83 CR 64

1 74

165

62 Ward Bdy

74 MERE ROAD 47

24 238 25

95 15 STANHOPESTREET

80.5m Evington Brook Bakery 76 76

57 26

69 2 27

Surgery

EAST PARK ROAD 264

167

38 59 58 Slope 39

12 1 169 BLANKLYN AVENUE Slopingmasonry

56 68 55

SPINNEY HILLS 20 70

79.9m 61

274

276

136

1 63.5m 2

19 138

3 Sloping 30 masonry

Playground

171

4 29

13 278 69

PARK VALE ROAD

23 92

60 144

BM 79.12m 175 71 33

4 El Sub Sta

18 9 79.5m 100

16 22 41

43 53 63.2m

PARKVALE ROAD

45 21

1 40 55

177 146 75.2m 55 30 BM 73.63m 71

52 13

123 107

FAIRFIELD STREET 64 49

25 31

64.1m 296

70 37 37

68.7m to 42 82

Church 152 96 33 48 49 BM 68.22m

100 110 122 41

60 GWENDOLEN ROAD BM 79.84m 61

65.8m 125

2 63 FAIRFIELD STREET 80.0m 73

6 47

18 101 Factory

47 51 39 111

117

53 63.4m

63 65 28 57 58 100

127 4 55

183 127a

38 1

189 166 48 15 61

127b

45 63

DRONFIELD STREET 60 50 1

Hall 49

Works 27

62 70 SM

74 67 LB

41 86

16 75

98 129 104

170 102 326 116

53 64.1m 90

197

55 DRONFIELD STREET

43 83 54 65 BRADBOURNE ROAD

66 EGGINTON STREET 75

BM 82.02m 85 78 2 91 48

Warehouse 103 10 80.5m 20 30

47 22to 26 57

38 SM

28 9 SM 79

Factory

31 172 36

1 42

199 BM72.03m

44 11 CORK STREET

70.9m 54 21 66

76 80 85

31 90 133

174

41 45 43 CORK STREET

67.6m

27 53 82 34 342 SHIPLEYROAD 23

96 63

73 176

108 87

120 205 95 41

2 135 83.0m 6 Allotment Gardens

101 8 36 54

80.3m

25 103 18 AVENUE

12 44 ROWSLEY 346

119 BRADBOURNEROAD

39 Boundary of Spinney Hill Park BM80.79m 37

127 60

12 178

40 27 42 32 31

207 El Sub Sta 32

3 44 180 40

56 137

13 109 73.4m 33 68

BONSALL STREET Conservation Area

25 80

PO 84 41

139

106 35

27 10 37 BONSALL 69.8m LB 162

108 30 25

47 STREET Surgery 59

120

184

215

71 132 69

BM 84.55m

27 105

141

8 107

25 109

358

111

31 157 25 Listed Building

123 15 CR 20 194 28 217 2 Ward Bdy

6 14

26 18a 150

4 13 38

ABNEY STREET 153

KINGS NEWTON STREET Corporation

13 204

EGGINTON STREET

14 Yard 227 ABNEY 16 1

84.7m 13

2 13 STREET 100 25

ROAD 145

21 EAST PARK ROAD 15

WILNESTREET 217

12 Allotment Gardens 1 237

140

58 2 1 AVENUE 60 SHIPLEY

LB 2

62 372 239

74 88a 85.5m 86 116

ST PETERS ROAD 1 14

85.0m ROWSLEY 98

88 BM 73.31m

83.4m 102 61a

69 81.3m

2 131

71 77

130 Map 2. Boundary of Conservation Area

This map is based upon the Ordnance Survey’s material with the permission of the Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Leicester City Council Licence No. LA078417. Dec. 2002. 21 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

Map 3. Location of the Conservation Area superimposed on the 1828 map.

22 Map 4. Location of the Conservation Area superimposed on the 1886 Ordnance Survey Map.

23 SPINNEY HILL PARK CONSERVATION AREA: Character Statement

Map 5. Location of the Conservation Area superimposed on the 1930 Ordnance Survey Map.