Remains of Cavendish House is a Grade I listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 1950. A Early Modern House (remains).
Remains of Cavendish House
- WRENN ID
- lost-basalt-larch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 1950
- Type
- House (remains)
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Remains of Cavendish House, City of Leicester
- OS grid reference
- SK 584 060
- Coordinates
- 52.64932, -1.1381
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of Cavendish House date from around 1600 and were burnt in 1645. It is reputed to have been constructed using materials from the nearby Abbey. The site features one tall stone rubble wall that includes stone mullioned and transomed windows, as well as a round-arch light at the center. There are also fragments of the other walls visible. A late 19th century addition is present on the site.
Local climate
Remains of Cavendish House 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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