23/08/2022
If you’re relatively new to Leicester, you might not have noticed this tower, or know the history behind it.
The building opposite that houses Marks and Spencer, Superdrug and the new Tesco Metro store sits on the site that used to be Lewis’s department store (not to be confused with John Lewis).
Demolished in the 1990s, this tower on the west side of the site is all that remains of the original Lewis’s building.
Art deco in design, you’d be hard pushed to spot it was built decades before the rest.
Lewis’s was a popular department store, particularly at Christmas time where I remember going to see Father Christmas as a kid!
I’d recommend a quick Google for ‘Lewis’s Leicester’ if old photos and fond memories are your thing.
