Developed in 1811 to create a high quality residential neighbourhood, built for professional people. 
It is one of Leicester’s best surviving examples of Georgian architecture and was built in 1826 by James Rawson.
In the 1950s and 60s the building was under threat of demolition, but was saved by property developer Edward A. Poulton who restored the individual properties and converted them to offices which won a Civic Trust Award in 1972.