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Former factory, Evington Valley Road, Leicester
The lengthy and rather grandiose former works of the Leicester Rubber Company, apparently dating from 1915. Later it was a Dunlop factory. Sheds extend a long way behind the street frontage.
All that ceased in the late 1980s and since then it has been partly in use while gently decaying. Now the Dunlop Business Centre and (in 2022) seeking a new owner with a possibility of being converted to residential use.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Jun 2015
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Dunlop Business Centre, Evington Valley Road, Leicester
Former factory of the John Bull Rubber Company, built in 1915 for the production of cycle and pram tyres. Became part of Dunlop Rubber Company in 1958, which closed in 1988. The buildings, now partly occupied by a number of smaller businesses, are on the city's local heritage asset register, but regarded to be in a poor condition. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/1950s-photo-shows-magnificent-factory-3259723 https://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/182084/local-heritage-asset-register-2016-redacted.pdf
Image: © Tim Heaton
Taken: 6 Oct 2020
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Factories along Evington Valley Road in Leicester
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 17 Aug 2017
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Wycliffe Hall, Gwendolen Road, Leicester
Built in 1905 by Arthur Wakerley, a prominent local architect and builder. The suburb of North Evington was developed by him as a model industrial settlement. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Jun 2015
0.10 miles
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138 Gwendolen Road, Leicester
Built as the Wycliffe Society Cottage Homes for the Blind in 1895 by Arthur Wakerley, a prominent local architect and builder. The suburb of North Evington was developed by him as a model industrial settlement. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Jun 2015
0.11 miles
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Hunter Lodge, Gwendolen Road, Leicester
Grade II listed row of houses https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1389422.
Tablet in centre reads: "Erected by the Wycliffe Society for helping the blind. On site presented during his mayorality by alderman Arthur Wakerley, 1897-98".
Now a Care Home.
Image: © Tim Heaton
Taken: 6 Oct 2020
0.11 miles
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Playground on Gwendolen Road, Leicester
School holidays but this playground next to Coleman Primary School was empty!
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 21 Dec 2005
0.21 miles
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Bannerman Road, Evington
Seen from Evington Valley Road.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 16 Oct 2018
0.24 miles
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St Saviours Road, North Evington, Leicester
An eclectic mix of housing styles together with old and modern industrial works.
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 21 Dec 2005
0.25 miles