page_title: Frog Island, Leicester
section_title: St Leonard's Works (Frisby Jarvis Building)
hierarchical_section_title: Frog Island, Leicester / Lost industries and architecture / St Leonard's Works (Frisby Jarvis Building)
caption_attribution_description: English: The site of the former Frisby-Jarvis building in Leicester, UK. The building was destroyed by fire in 2005. Photo taken August 2012.
context_page_description: Frog Island is an inner city area of Leicester, England, so named because it lies between the River Soar and the Soar Navigation. Frog Island is adjacent to the Woodgate area to the north, and Northgates to the South. The population of the island was at the 2011 census in the Abbey ward of Leicester City Council.
context_section_description: St Leonard's Works were opened in 1867 and extended in 1881. The mill originally spun worsted, and was constructed in the Italian palazzo style. On both occasions, the building work was completed by Shenton and Baker, a local architectural practice. The quality of the mill's architecture is evidenced by the building materials employed in its construction: colour tile, dressed stone, wrought iron and extensive glazing. The effect was to produce an imposing and 'monumental' building that became an important local landmark. In 1922, the mill was taken over by Frisby, Jarvis & Co. The company was a major employer in the area. Upon the closure of Frisby Jarvis in 1992, the mill was taken over by Martins Ltd – a company which also subsequently closed.
  Despite being listed in 2003, the building fell into major disrepair, and was badly damaged by fire in 2005.
caption: Former Frisby-Jarvis building on Frog Island, Leicester
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