Ashleigh Road Conservation Area
This area was designated in November 1989 by Leicester City Council and covers an area of 3.8 hectares, 76 buildings including 4 blocks of flats. An Article 4 Direction was approved in 1991, to restrict damaging changes to the exterior of the buildings, such as the use of uPVC windows or demolition works. The buildings in the area are characterised by brick construction, big gables, bay windows and timber porches with small-scale embellishments such as well crafted detailing. This shows that these buildings were constructed for the rising middle classes of the time. Leicester City Council has made efforts to restore parts of the area with the restoration of the garden walls along the prominent boundary along Narborough Road.
West End Conservation Area
The West End Conservation Area was formally designated by the City Council on 2 October 2008.
It was created by the amalgamation of two existing conservation areas, Daneshill and Westcotes Drive, and the addition of properties of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and Hall on Fosse Road South; and properties at 101-107 Hinckley Road and 2-70 Fosse Road South. The Daneshill and Westcotes Drive Conservation Areas were designated in 1987 and 1989 respectively, covering an area of about 9 hectares. The enlarged conservation area covers an area of 11.15 hectares.
The conservation area takes in several large houses including Sykefield and Westcotes Grange. As well as their architectural quality these houses are described as having "Lodges and stable blocks [which] make these houses like miniature country estates". Westcotes Drive includes a row of terraced houses between Fosse Road South and Sykefield Avenue which "...has a variety of different designs which fit happily together". Most of the houses in the area were built before 1914 but they are complemented by some development from the inter-war years.
The photograph below shows Westcotes Drive in the 1920s.
