Belgrave Hall in Leicester was constructed in 1709 for Edmund Cradock, a hosiery merchant. It was given to the Council in 1936 and opened as a museum.
Alfred Godwin Geeson (1898-1955) trained as an architect at the City of Leicester School of Arts and Crafts between 1919 and 1924. He later became a teacher of building and architecture, becoming Head of the Department of Building at City College and Art School, Norwich. He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was a RIBA Grissell Prizeman and Gold Medallist. He wrote several textbooks on building construction and decoration, such as Building Science for Students of Architecture and Building, The Practical Painter and Decorator, and General Building Repairs .
From the guide to the Architectural drawings of Belgrave Hall, Leicester, 1921, (De Montfort University Archives and Special Collections)
