3, Darker Street is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1991. Hosier's house and hosiery workshops. 1 related planning application.
3, Darker Street
- WRENN ID
- muffled-hammer-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1991
- Type
- Hosier's house and hosiery workshops
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 3 Darker Street is a hosier's house and hosiery workshops built around 1850. The building is constructed from red brick with painted ashlar dressings and features a slate half-hipped roof with a single gable stack.
The house is three stories tall and has three bays. It has a central doorway with a single panel door and overlight, flanked by single glazing bar sash windows, all featuring wedge lintels. To the right of the main entrance is a small doorway. Above this, there is a narrow glazing bar sash window with broader flanking similar sashes, all with wedge lintels. Above again, there is a small narrow glazing bar sash with flanking broader small similar sashes.
To the left, there is a single-storey workshop addition with a glazed roof and a three-light casement window. The Blake Street front has a single bay with a glazed door and a glazing bar overlight, and above it, there is a single glazing bar sash window, both with wedge lintels. Above again, there is a small glazing bar sash window.
The hosiery workshops are two stories tall and have four bays. The Blake Street front features four workshop windows and a doorway to the left, with four three-light workshop windows above. To the left, there is a single bay gabled addition with a two-light casement window on each floor.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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