3, The Drive

No. 3 The Drive is a house that was originally one of the cottage homes built by the Leicester Poor Law Union in 1884, designed by architect I Baradale. The building is constructed of brick and features a Welsh slate roof with a cruciform plan. The main elevation has four irregular bays, with a kitchen wing extending out at the rear and a gabled bay to the left of the center that projects forward. The windows are irregularly arranged, featuring a mix of one, two, and three light casement windows, some with mullions and transoms, as well as vertical sashes. All windows have flat arched heads. The top half of the projecting bay is finished in painted plaster and wood. To the left of this bay is a decorative chimney stack made of brick, topped with a pitched slate roof featuring gables, supported by a modillion course. Above this base, two brick flues are set diagonally. The right-hand gable, which faces the drive, has two deeply recessed windows, each under gauged brick arches with voussoirs and brick hood moulds above. To the right of the projecting bay is a brick and Welsh slate porch designed in a "muscular" style.