Former West Bridge Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Factory. 9 related planning applications.
Former West Bridge Mills
- WRENN ID
- winter-tallow-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Former West Bridge Mills, Westbridge Place, 1, Westbridge Close, City of Leicester, LE3 5DR
- OS grid reference
- SK 581 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63304, -1.14243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former West Bridge Mills, built around 1850 and designed by architect William Flint, is a large rectangular factory building made of purple bricks with a slate hipped roof. It features modillions along the eaves soffit and a stuccoed frieze, along with gabled dormers. The structure has five storeys and an attic.
On the east side, there are nine windows, with a three-window projection on the left and a narrow projection on the right. The windows are set under segmental brick arches and feature metal frames with glazing bars. An Italianate style tower, made of red brick, rises from the roof off centre, showcasing three-light round-arched bell openings and a modillion cornice leading to a pyramidal roof topped with an ornate wind-vane. The ground, first, and second floors of the east elevation are obscured by a later addition. The left-hand return has four windows, while the right-hand return has two windows. The west elevation displays fourteen windows and has bands at the first and third floor levels.
Local climate
Former West Bridge Mills 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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