Vicarage to the Church of the Martyrs is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 2003. Vicarage. 4 related planning applications.

Vicarage to the Church of the Martyrs

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 2003
Type
Vicarage
Address
Vicarage to the Church of the Martyrs, Westcotes Drive, City of Leicester, LE3 0QT
OS grid reference
SK 575 038
Coordinates
52.62902, -1.15139
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vicarage to the Church of the Martyrs is a building constructed between 1902 and 1904 by Everard and Pick for the Harris family. It is designed in the Queen Anne Revival style, featuring red brick with stone dressings and a hipped roof made of Swithland slate, which has a mutule cornice and tall brick ridges, along with side and gable end stacks. The vicarage has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic, with a six-window range that includes 6/6 sash windows over 6/9 sash windows, three of which are in a canted bay on the left and three grouped on the right. The attic gable over the bay has a 2-light casement.

On the left side, there is a flat-roofed porch with a stone doorway inscribed 'The Vicarage' and a door inside. A projecting gable behind the porch features a tall 6/9 sash window above a casement, and there is a small oriel window behind this. The right side has a projecting stack and a curved-roofed dormer with a 4-light casement. The rear of the building has a gable with a triple arrangement of 4/4, 6/6, and 4/4 sash windows above a 4/6, 6/9, and 4/6 sash window, along with a 2-light casement in the attic gable. There is also a door and casement located between this and a two-storey and single-storey wing that projects to the rear on the right, which contains additional sash windows and casements.

Inside, the vicarage retains a fine, little-altered interior featuring an austere art-nouveau staircase that leads from the ground floor to the attic, complete with splat balusters and newels with carved tops. A careful glazed screen was added between the first floor and attic around 1970. The interior boasts fine austere fireplaces in rooms across all three floors, some with overmantels. Certain rooms feature wide embossed paper friezes above picture rails, while the study has a ceiling adorned with trailing foliage pattern plasterwork, and the library includes panelling with tall plain panels and a fitted bookcase. The cloakroom is tiled and features an art nouveau style frieze.

This vicarage is a notable example of its period, showcasing many well-preserved interior features, and it forms a significant group with the adjacent Church of the Martyrs.

Local climate

Vicarage to the Church of the Martyrs 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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