Gardens · East Midlands
Turkey Cafe
In or near Leicester.
Turkey Cafe — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Alan Murray-Rust — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Leicester · 0.5 km
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Turkey Cafe in Leicester, the nearest railway station is Leicester, located 0.5 km away. The postcode is LE1 1DE. Entry details are not specified, so please check ahead for accessibility information.
About
Turkey Cafe is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
The Turkey Cafe is a building with a flamboyant Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) facade in Granby Street, Leicester, England. It was built in 1900 and is now a Grade II listed building, once again used as a café. The facade puns on two meanings of "turkey", with a vaguely Eastern exotic style of architecture and three large turkey birds on the facade, one sculpted on each side of the ground floor shopfront and another forming a large coloured panel of Royal Doulton tiles right at the top.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site of the Turkey Cafe was owned by James Wesley, a grocer and confectioner, from 1877 to 1899. Wesley sold the site to architect Arthur Wakerley, a well-known Leicester architect who was also a prominent supporter of the Temperance Movement. Upon completion he leased it to John Winn, who owned a number of other cafes in Manchester and the Oriental Cafe in Leicester. The offices of Wakerley's architectural practice were above Winn's Oriental Cafe, making it easy to negotiate a deal regarding the construction and occupancy of a new cafe on Granby Street. Wakerley approached the Royal Doulton Company for help constructing his design for the new "Turkey Cafe". The style of the Turkey Cafe…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6341, -1.1307
- District
- Leicester
- Parish
- Leicester, unparished area
- Postcode
- LE1 1DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leicester South
- Nearest railway station
- Leicester — 0.5 km
- Official site
- www.findglocal.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q16258467 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Turkey Cafe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Turkey Cafe?
- Turkey Cafe is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE1 1DE), in the parish of Leicester, unparished area.
- What is Turkey Cafe?
- Turkey Cafe — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Turkey Cafe?
- The nearest railway station is Leicester, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode LE1 1DE.
- How do I get to Turkey Cafe?
- The nearest railway station is Leicester, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LE1 1DE.