Historic Places

'Ernest Gimson’s Inglewood: the House and the people who have lived in it' is a wonderful document of both architectural and social history.

The Victorian pavilion was built in 1866 when Victoria Park was still the site of Leicester racecourse.

'The Shrubbery' which once occupied the site of Stoneygate Court, was built c1841 for Charles Burt Robinson, the manager of the first Leicester Gasworks in Belgrave.

'Stoneygate House' was built c1760 for Samuel Oliver, licensee of coaching inn the Three Cranes.

This extraordinarily grand house was the home of hosier, councillor, Mayor and Leicester M.P. John Biggs, one of the leading lights of the reform movement in Leicester.

'Ormidale' was an imposing later Victorian house with something of a baronial style. It was built for the youngest son of woollen hosiery manufacturer Robert Walker.