18 And 20, Linton Street

Numbers 18 and 20 on Linton Street are a pair of semi-detached council houses built around 1922, designed by architect Arthur Wakerley. They are constructed from pale red Sileby common brick with darker brick dressings and feature Bangor slate roofs that include integral roof lights and two short brick ridge stacks. The houses have a brick cill band, lintel bands, and quoins, and they stand two stories tall.

The gabled front facing the street has four ground floor windows arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern, with the central section projecting slightly. The central area features two tripartite sash windows flanked by single sashes, and above them are two additional sashes. All windows have glazing bars in the upper sash and painted composite lintels. There are low single-storey returns with catslide roofs, each containing a single off-centre recessed doorway with inset roof lights.

This pair of workers' houses is one of only four pairs designed by Wakerley that remain unaltered in Leicester and are listed as historic buildings. The other pairs are located at 17 and 19 Dore Road, 19 and 21 Great Arler Road, and 59 and 61 Dunster Street. Arthur Wakerley, who lived from 1862 to 1931, created these homes in response to the demand for affordable and well-designed housing for workers following the Great War, as part of the initiative known as Homes for Heroes. He was a significant local figure, serving as an architect, developer, philanthropist, and Chair of Leicester's first Housing and Town Planning Committee in the 1920s.