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Mellor Street, 36, 1972
No full textView of the back of a terraced house on Mellor Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "A rear projection where the door has been replaced by a modern design with a transom light above. The narrow window is quite unusual. What did it light and what was the large box in the yard?
Claremont Street, 37-55, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 37-55 on Claremont Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Looking at some of the same houses (in the direction of Linford Street) we see several circular chimney stacks (rare for two-story terraced housing), emerging from half way up the roof slope (uncommon in Leicester but standard in Nottingham).
Mellor Street, 2 - 52, 1972
No full textView of terraced housing on Mellor Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "A row of houses, opposite the school, with number 2 (to the left) being of a later date than the rest. There seems to be a strange arrangement where a cable has been strung from a television aerial on one side of the street to a telegraph wire on the other side!
Evans Street, 5-57, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 5-57 on Evans Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "The name was changed from Tichborne Street in 1894 to avoid confusion with another in Highfields. The nearest group from the 1870s, shows the characteristic splayed lintels, but those beyond have reconstructed stone cambered lintels with dummy keystones - and a moulded string course around the chimney stacks.
Evans Street, 33-57, 1972
No full textView of the back of terraced houses 33-57 on Evans Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Here are some more short runs of houses for different owners, one of which had a modern extension (including a 1930s "Crittall" metal window) inserted between two rear projections. The outbuildings varied according to their owner's wishes and one bedroom has a vertical sliding sash.
Claremont Street , 51-55, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 51-55 on Claremont Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Numbers 53 and 55 were somewhat older than their neighbours, possibly from the 1840s, as shown by the chequered brickwork, small window panes and circular chimney stacks. An ugly rectangular sewer vent pipe disfigures number 53 - presumably the authorities had powers to site these wherever was convenient from their point of view.
Malt Office Lane, 2 - 14, 1972
No full textView of terraced housing looking down Malt Office Lane east prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "The corner property is 27 The Green. These houses were among the earliest in Belgrave and the chequer brickwork was not to a rigid pattern. There are one course blue slope sills downstairs, but the first floor has only thin timber sills. There is full height bullnosed brickwork (a way of turning an obtuse angle) and parts of the flues are circular.
Claremont Street, 3-47, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 3-47 on Claremont Street prior to demolition. A car can be seen at the end of the road. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Here was a fairly ordinary 1870s street, but with one highly unusual detail - architraves planted on the surface of the brickwork around the first floor windows. The ground floor windows had cambered arches, using the same brick. Each house has a bootscraper, with most of the metal still in place. The Air-bricks below floor level indicate hollow joisted floors. The roof pitch is steeper on the nearest seven houses.
Evans Street, 39-55, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 39-557 on Evans Street prior to demolition. The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Number 49, at the centre of this group of houses, was occupied in 1900 by a baker, Mrs Mary Exton, and may have been built for her use. Its front elevation included an attractive gable, an interesting tiled frieze at half height, a vehicular gateway, and small paned windows - indicative in this case not of the 1840s but of the 1890s, when there was a tendency to revert to them, following the Arts and Crafts movement.
Lexham Street, 1-27, 1972
No full textView of terraced houses 1-27 on Lexham Street prior to demolition. There is also a view of a shop on the left hand side with a sign for "Off licence Shipstone's Ales". The following description is by the photographer Dennis Calow: "Looking towards the corner with Melton Road, these houses do not appear to be candidates for demolition, but disappeared nevertheless. The dentils and half brick consoles below the sills were unusual for Leicester (although very common in London). One early replacement ground floor window spoils the continuity of the terrace. A Shipstone's off-licence occupies the corner with Newington Street.
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