19 and 21, Great Arler Road

Numbers 19 and 21 on Great Arler Road are a pair of semi-detached council houses built around 1922 and designed by architect Arthur Wakerley. They are constructed from pale red Sileby common brick, featuring darker brick dressings, and topped with Bangor slate roofs that include integral roof lights and a single brick ridge stack. The houses have brick quoins and are two stories tall.

The gabled street front showcases four ground floor windows arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern, with the central section projecting slightly. There are two central tripartite sash windows flanked by single sashes, and above them are two additional sashes. All windows are fitted with glazing bars and are set under composite lintels. The gables and side gables are rendered, and there are low single-storey returns with catslide roofs that include off-centre recessed doorways.

This pair of workers' houses is one of only four pairs designed by Wakerley that remain unaltered in Leicester. The other pairs are located at Nos 17 & 19 Dore Road, Nos 18 & 20 Linton Street, and Nos 59 & 61 Dunster Street. Wakerley, who lived from 1862 to 1931, created these homes as part of the "Homes for Heroes" initiative in response to the demand for affordable and well-designed housing for workers following the Great War. He was a prominent local politician, architect, developer, philanthropist, and served as the Chair of Leicester's first Housing and Town Planning Committee in the 1920s.