Wycliffe Hall

Wycliffe Hall is a building that was originally constructed as a hall in 1906, later serving as a hospital and home of rest, and is now a day centre. The original section was designed by Arthur Wakerley on land he donated for the Wycliffe Society for Helping the Blind. The building is made of red brick and features a slate roof with stone-coped gables.

The architectural style of the original part is Arts and Crafts, while the later additions from 1930-31 are in the Neo-Georgian style. The central section of the building has two wings with facing gables, with the original part located in the left wing. The first floor has a ten-window range arranged in a 2:5:3 pattern, featuring 6/6 sash windows. The central window is larger and set in a moulded architrave with a pediment, topped with an iron balustrade that forms the top of the entrance. The entrance itself is a Doric portico in antis with a plain entablature, and it includes a panelled door set within channelled rustication.

The left gable has a projecting stack that emerges from the first floor. The end of the building features wooden mullion and transom windows, with a large central window above the eaves in a dormer topped with a curved leaded roof. Below this dormer is a plaque that reads, "Wycliffe Hall for the Blind, opened AD1906 by Mrs. Arthur Wakerley; Edwin Crew Chairman of Committee." At the rear, there are additional sash windows and the former Home of Rest range, which has a flat roof and a taller central section with a pedimented window.

Wycliffe Hall is part of a significant group of buildings constructed for the blind by the Society, starting with Hunter Lodge, followed by this hall, and then 65-71 Gedding Road, along with the Workshops and Lodge built by the Leicestershire and Rutland Institution for the Blind. These buildings reflect the ideals of the Society as articulated in Edwin Crew's 1912 book, "City of the Blind at Leicester."