Former nurses home and attached garden wall is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1995. Former nurses home.

Former nurses home and attached garden wall

WRENN ID
upper-rampart-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1995
Type
Former nurses home
Address
Former nurses home and attached garden wall, Diana House, 73, Aylestone Road, City of Leicester, LE2 7LL
OS grid reference
SK 586 032
Coordinates
52.62407, -1.13463
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Diana House, formerly known as the Nurses Home, is a former nurses' residence built between 1878 and 1880, designed by Goddard & Paget. The building features red brick construction with brick and terracotta dressings, plain tile roofs, and tall brick stacks. It has a three-storey plus attic structure with a three-bay front. The entrance, located to the right, has a moulded surround with an overlight and a segmental pediment. The central section includes a pair of glazing bar sash windows flanked by two-storey canted bay windows, with the right bay projecting. Above, there is a tall central sash window with a balcony supported by three stone brackets and an iron balustrade. Another sash window is located above, with a datestone below, and pairs of sashes on either side; the left pair is topped by a pediment, while the right pair features a curved gable.

The Filbert Street front is simpler, featuring a central door with an overlight, a single sash window to the right, and three sash windows to the left. The upper floors have two central sashes with three sashes to the left on both levels, and a tall projecting stack on the right.

The Aylestone Road front includes a low garden wall with ashlar coping and a pair of square gatepiers to the right.

Inside, the building retains original features such as the staircase, doors, some fireplaces, and Minton tile floors in the halls.

Local climate

Former nurses home and attached garden wall 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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