2 And 2A, Sawday Street

The building at 2 and 2A Sawday Street is a rectory, dating from 1911 and later converted into a house and flat around 1980. It was designed by Stockdale Harrison of Leicester. Constructed primarily of red brick with ashlar dressings and tile patterning, it features steep, bell-canted roofs covered in Swithland slate, with plain gables and tiled kneelers. There are three substantial brick stacks and high-quality cast-iron rainwater pipes.

The building follows an L-shaped plan. The south garden front has two windows, featuring two wooden canted bay windows linked by a continuous flat lead roof. Between the bay windows are two glazed doors with segment-headed arches, rounded jambs, and ornate curved wooden brackets supporting the linking roof. A continuous tile band runs at lintel level. Above, there are two large three-light cross casements with flat tiled hoods and a tile band, and further casements with patterned tiling in the upper gables. A central lead rainwater hopper is dated 1911, accompanied by an ornate downpipe. A single-storey wing is set back to the right.

The north entrance front displays an irregular fenestration, with a projecting service wing to the right. A two-storey gabled porch projects to the left, featuring an ashlar moulded four-centred arched doorway, dated 1911. The inner doorway has a Tudor-style door. Above the doorway is a three-light casement with a tile cill band and hood, with chequered tile patterning to the upper gable. A single-storey wing is set back to the left, and a further wing to the right has two similar windows with a low eaves hood, and a dormer window above. To the right of this is a three-storey gabled stair-turret with a high-set three-light casement window, with tile cill and lintel bands. The projecting service wing to the right has an east front with a large three-light cross casement and smaller lights below. Above this is a tiny casement with a cill band. The remaining facade is blank. The north front of the projecting wing includes buttresses at either corner. A doorway with segment head and service gate are present to the right, with a single three-light window to the left. Above is a large cross-casement with a tile hood and cill bands, and chequered tile patterning in the upper gable.

The interior retains original plaster coving, wooden skirting, doors, and door surrounds. The original dog-leg staircase features barley sugar balusters. Three original wooden fireplaces remain, with coloured tile inserts, along with an unusual tile fireplace in the hallway. A single cast-iron Art Nouveau-style fireplace exists on the top floor. Number 2A has an inserted modern staircase.