4, 6 and 8 New Street

Former terraced house, built and extended in the late 18th century, with 19th-century extensions to the rear, now commercial offices.

The building comprises three numbers: 4 and 6 New Street form a five-bay three-storey structure constructed in the last quarter of the 18th century and extended by two additional bays in the late 18th century. The three northern bays are now known as 8 New Street. The walls are constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond with stone dressings. The ground floor of 4 and 6 New Street features an ashlar stone frontage, applied in the early 20th century with plainly-detailed classical motifs including plain engaged pilasters. A flat-arched architrave contains double-leaf timber-panelled doors and a wrought-iron over light bearing the monogram of the Trade Protection Society. The pitched roofs have slate coverings with two red brick chimneystacks on the ridge at 4 and 6 New Street. At 8 New Street, two chimneystacks are shared on the north party wall with 10 New Street. The walls feature moulded stone eaves and a stone sill course to the first and second floors. The central three bays of 4 and 6 New Street break forward with a moulded pediment over. The flat-arched window openings contain six-over-six pane sash windows to the ground and first floors. The second floor of 4 and 6 New Street has side-hung casement windows, while the second floor of 8 New Street has three-over-three pane sash windows. The ground floor windows were replaced in the early 20th century. A round-arched architrave was added to the door surround of 8 New Street in the early 20th century, with the name of 'ST MARTIN'S / CHAMBERS' inscribed on a stone tympanum over a nine-panelled door.

The building was extended to the rear, probably in the mid- to late 19th century. Two extensions were added to the rear of 8 New Street in the mid- to late 19th century, with hipped slate-covered roofs and walls composed of red brick to the exterior and white glazed-brick to the interior shared roof space. All 19th-century extensions retain their original sash windows.

The interior of 4 and 6 New Street retains its three original storeys to the front and a 19th-century two-storey former hall of the Trade Protection Society to the rear. The 18th-century range does not appear to retain any original features or original stair. The 19th-century hall to the rear retains chamfered engaged pilasters with foliated capitals bearing the monogram 'TPS' of the Leicestershire Trade Protection Society. A suspended ceiling was introduced in the late 20th century, and it is likely the 19th-century cornice survives underneath. On the north side of the hall, a Gothic arch leads to a 19th-century safe and a 19th-century office, which retains a plain cornice and original windows, including a leaded-and-stained-glass window to the chamfered north-east corner. Within 8 New Street, the front range retains its original floor plan and some plain cornicing and fireplaces. To the rear, the mid- and late 19th-century extensions retain their original floor plan, some plain original fireplaces, doors and overlights, and some lavatories retain their 19th-century polychromatic tiling.