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Map of 1903

Map of 1780

The Conservation Area in 2008Listed buildings in Rothley Reproduced from Ordnance Survey digital mapping. Crown copyright. Licence No

Rothley sitting beside the Brook

A sense of History

The connection with the Templars

Evidence of framework knitting

The original settlement around the Church

Narrow curving streets, the houses close together and set at the back of the pavement

Many timber framed cottages

Town Green

One of the best preserved historic areas

Cross Green with its formal war memorial

Two storey houses The roof ridge parallel to the street With exceptions, of course!

Individual buildings

Some of them set away from the public realm

Landmarks

Marking the corner between North Street and Town Green Street

Raised pavement

Timber frame white render Red brick Granite

Welsh slate Thatch Swithland slate Roman tile

White painted sash windows

Yorkshire sliding sash windows

Doors

The old street lanterns

Cast iron street name plates

Blue enamel fire hydrant signs

The relationship to the meadows and the brook

Pine trees along Hallfields Lane

The approach past the parkland of Rothley Temple

Memorial to Queen Elizabeth II

Like sentinels around the war memorial

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