The Lodge At Workshops For The Blind

The Lodge at Workshops for the Blind is a caretaker's house built between 1922 and 1923 by Searle and Riley for the Leicestershire and Rutland Institution for the Blind. It is constructed of red brick with a tiled roof and brick end stacks, designed in the Vernacular Revival style. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high. The internal angle of the L features a canted brick porch with a pentice roof. There are casement windows above and to the left and right on both floors. The left gable end has a stack and casements, while the right gable end has a four-light casement on both floors with a side stack to the right.

The Lodge is situated close to the Workshops for the Blind and is part of a significant group of buildings established for the blind by the Wycliffe Society. This group includes Hunter Lodge, Wycliffe Hall (now the Sam Cooper Day Centre), and 65-75 Gedding Road, along with the Workshops and this Lodge. These buildings reflect the ideals of the Wycliffe Society as outlined in Edwin Crew's 1912 book, "City of the Blind at Leicester."