Charnwood House

Charnwood House is a children’s convalescent home, later a children’s home, dating to 1900. It is constructed of red brick with brick banding, a wooden cornice, and a plain tile hipped roof punctuated by massive red brick stacks, including three ridge stacks (one coupled) and end stacks. The building is designed in Queen Anne style and features mainly 6/6 sash windows, along with some leaded casements. Ground floor windows have gauged brick lintels and stone sills.

Two closely spaced wings project from the front right side. The wing further to the right originally had a semi-circular, single-story porch with a leaded half-dome roof, but the former entrance has been blocked and replaced by a window, with a smaller window on either side. Above the porch, a stone band is inscribed "Cooper Memorial Convalescent Home for Children." An oriel bay window is canted above, with a projecting stack and a 4/4 sash window to its right. A tablet made of stone and cut and moulded brick on the stack commemorates the construction by Reverend W.H. Cooper of Burleigh Hall, Loughborough, in memory of his wife Mary Cooper, 1900. The wing to the left features two 2-light leaded casements on each floor. The wings are connected at the first floor level by a small, 20th-century infill section with matching windows and a 20th-century door and window in a recessed area. To the left of the wings, there is a similar 4-light leaded casement on both floors, along with a 20th-century, two-story wing with a flat roof and brick stack projecting forward.

A central, two-story projection with a hipped roof and a 6-light mullion and transom staircase window with leaded lights is located on the right end of the main range. A similar 4-light casement is positioned below. The main range also has two 6/6 sashes on both floors, a 2-light dormer above, a 6/6 window on both floors, and a 20th-century 1-light window to the right. An octagonal open turret with a weathervane stands on the roof ridge.

The rear elevation has ten mainly 6/6 sash windows, along with a partially glazed, painted stone veranda to the left, two glazed doors, and two 6/9 sash windows. A balustraded top and glazed section are present. A canted brick structure with three 4/4 sash windows and a door is situated on the right end of the veranda. The rear also includes a tripartite 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 window and two further sashes to the right. Dormers (2-light, 3-light, 2-light, with a curved gable centrally) are located on the left side of the rear roof, and another octagonal open turret in wood and lead is situated on the roof ridge to the right. A 20th-century single-story extension is present on the right end. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are evident internally.