Our cover story for this issue, “An Artful Piece of Craftmanship” looks at the “The Beeches” in Elmfield Avenue, a house built in the last years of the Victorian era which cleverly combined traditional styling with modern construction techniques. Set…
In this issue we feature “Glenwood, the Snows and the Cawdells”, the story of the distinctive Victorian house that once stood on the site now occupied by Glenwood Close (at the corner of London Road and Stoughton Road) and the…
The cover article of this issue “When Hollywood came to Stoneygate” remembers early 1976 when actress Mia Farrow and her then husband, musician and composer Andre Previn, were temporary residents at a house in Avenue Road. You can read more…
In this newsletter, we featured “One Stoneygate Resident’s Remarkable Wartime Past“. The month following publication would celebrate Victory in Europe (VE) day, and we felt it appropriate to write about one resident’s significant contribution to the conflict. One story amongst…
This issue looks at the story behind a painting of an Edwardian lady, her pet dog and an apple tree in a garden in Avenue Road and an earlier, more dramatic series of events relating to the same property which…
Our cover article for this issue is ‘Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole aged 13¾ and Stoneygate’ which looks at the life of Leicester’s most cherished modern novelist and playwright and reveals the history of the Stoneygate home where she lived with…