Former Poor Law Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 2000. Office, registry office. 7 related planning applications.
Former Poor Law Offices
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 2000
- Type
- Office, registry office
- Address
- Former Poor Law Offices, 3, 5 and 7, Pocklingtons Walk, City of Leicester, LE1 6BT
- OS grid reference
- SK 586 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63277, -1.13473
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Poor Law Offices, now a Registry Office, was built in 1883 and converted in the mid-20th century. The building is made of orange brick with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs. It features a moulded ashlar plinth and is two storeys high.
The main east facade has eleven windows arranged in a pattern of 3.2.1.2.3. In the center, there is a slightly projecting bay with double panel doors and a fanlight set in a round-headed opening, which is framed by an Ionic pilaster ashlar surround topped with a pediment that bears the date 1883. Above this, there is a Venetian window with unusual glazing, surrounded by tall Corinthian pilasters supporting a moulded entablature. At the top, a square cupola features a single round-headed sash window flanked by scroll piers topped with obelisks, all surmounted by an entablature and dome.
On either side of the central bay, there are slightly recessed sections with two plain sashes in elaborate ashlar surrounds, supported by brackets that hold balconies above with stone balustrades. The upper windows are set in round-headed ashlar surrounds with prominent keystones. The outer three bay wings project slightly and are framed with rusticated pilasters around two windows and a door on the right. The doors are elaborate panel types with overlights, accompanied by plate glass sash windows. Above these, there are three tall round-headed sashes in elaborate ashlar surrounds with prominent keystones, separated by four Corinthian pilasters. Each outer wing is topped with a broad pediment featuring a carved coat-of-arms.
This building is a very fine example of a rare building type.
Local climate
Former Poor Law Offices receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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