Tower at west end of former S D Strettons and Sons Limited Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Factory.
Tower at west end of former S D Strettons and Sons Limited Factory
- WRENN ID
- hollow-stair-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Tower at west end of former S D Strettons and Sons Limited Factory, Heritage House, 61, Southgates, City of Leicester, LE1 5RR
- OS grid reference
- SK 583 042
- Coordinates
- 52.63262, -1.1395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower at the west end of the former S.D. Strettons and Sons Limited factory was built in 1890, possibly designed by the architect Bedingfield. This tall red brick tower is rectangular in shape and rises one storey and an attic above a four-storey and basement factory, to which it is attached. It features octagonal corner turrets that are corbelled out, with trefoil-headed paired sides and stone trefoil-headed windows. The tower culminates in a steep-pitched chateau-style roof adorned with pinnacles. The stone entrance has a moulded three-centered arch with carving above, flanked by sidelights and a stone mullion window above. The tower is part of a group that includes the Church of St Mary-de-Castro and other listed buildings in Castle Street, Castle View, and Castle Yard, as well as Skeffington House, the Iron Gates, Chantry House, and Newarke Wall in The Newarke.
Local climate
Tower at west end of former S D Strettons and Sons Limited Factory 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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