2-6, Guildhall Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1974. A Mid C18 Commercial building.

2-6, Guildhall Lane

WRENN ID
ruined-shingle-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 July 1974
Type
Commercial building
Address
2-6, Guildhall Lane, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 585 044
Coordinates
52.63503, -1.13632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 2 to 6 on Guildhall Lane are mid-18th century buildings currently being rebuilt behind their original facade as of early 1975. They are constructed of red brick and rise three storeys high. The buildings feature a moulded stone cornice, sills, bands, and chamfered quoins. There are five windows with segmental brick arches and keystones; the original sashes have been replaced on the first floor with modern mullion and transom windows, while the second floor has two-light casements. The ground floor has later 19th-century shop windows, which include a cornice supported by console brackets and pilasters. A modern vehicle entrance is located on the right side. The steep-pitched slate roof has coped gable ends.

Inside, the building has been significantly altered, but there is still a notable plaster ceiling on the first floor with panels and circular centrepieces, along with a moulded and dentilled cornice. Some parts of the ceiling have been covered over.

These buildings, along with Nos 2 to 12 and St Martin's Cathedral and the Guildhall, as well as No 20 Loseby Lane, form a cohesive group.

Local climate

2-6, Guildhall Lane receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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