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Pevsner wrote that "Leicestershire is not a county of extremes" and agreed that "no other county
in England surpasses Rutland for unspoiled quiet charm". The large and the small Midland county
possess a varied and rewarding range of buildings. Church architecture encompasses the classical
Normanton, preserved in remote isolation from the flood of Rutland Water, to Market
Harborough with its elegant medieval steeple, and a fine group of Victorian churches in
Leicester. The major country houses include Belvoir Castle, Staunton Harold and Burley-on-the-Hill, while the more modest homes of the late 19th century include notable work by
Ernest Gimson,Voysey and a garden city at Leicester by Parker & Unwin. Leicestershire also
posseses fine modern buildings, from its architecturally progressive schools to the justly
renowned buildings of Leicester University, dominated by Stirling & Gowan's Engineering
Building.
