72, New Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. House.

72, New Walk

WRENN ID
tenth-corner-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
House
Address
72, New Walk, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 591 038
Coordinates
52.62946, -1.12758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 72 on New Walk is an early 19th-century, two-storey house built of red brick. It features three windows, with the central window having a round head and a small cornice. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and there is a band at the first floor level. The eaves cornice is supported by paired modillions. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. On the ground floor, there are two wooden splayed bays with modern glazing. The entrance door is accompanied by a wooden trellis porch. This building is listed for its group value with Nos. 72 to 80 (even), which form a cohesive group.

Local climate

72, New Walk 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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