The City Rooms, Leicester

The City Rooms, Leicester
The City Rooms, Leicester
The City Rooms, Leicester
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Title
The City Rooms, Leicester
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HIGH STREET - LEICESTER (BUILDING STYLES) (CDV)
Strongroom Stack 24
Hotel Street
Front view of large coursed stone-built municipal building, with columned portico
1/4 Glass plate negative
GP4086

Negatives Collection, Leicestershire Record Office

The City Rooms on Hotel Street, Leicester, were built in 1800. They were originally intended to be the city's first hotel, but the building wasn't completed in time. It was originally named the Assembly Rooms, then renamed the Judge's Lodgings in 1817 when the building became owned by the County Justices, and then the County Rooms. It was finally renamed the City Rooms when the building passed ownership to Leicester City Council.

The two statues in the alcoves of the building represent muses of the arts.
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GP4086
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