5 and 6, Castle View is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. House. 6 related planning applications.
5 and 6, Castle View
- WRENN ID
- unlit-zinc-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 5 and 6, Castle View, City of Leicester, LE1 5WH
- OS grid reference
- SK 582 041
- Coordinates
- 52.63205, -1.14048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 5 and 6, Castle View, are a pair of mid-18th century red brick houses built as a single building. They have two storeys and three windows. The ground floor windows have outside shutters and are fitted with sash windows containing glazing bars, all set within exposed casings. The windows are topped with segmental brick arches. The rectangular doorcases contain six-panel doors and traceried fanlights. The roof is slate-covered with gable ends, and there is a moulded wood eaves cornice. Nos. 5 and 6 adjoin No. 7. The buildings form a group with Nos. 1-4 Castle Street, Castle View, Castle Yard, Skeffington House, the Iron Gates, Chantry House and Newarke Wall, all located within The Newarke.
Local climate
5 and 6, Castle View 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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