The Thomas Cook Building is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1972. Commercial building. 5 related planning applications.
The Thomas Cook Building
- WRENN ID
- roaming-oriel-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- The Thomas Cook Building, 5, Gallowtree Gate, City of Leicester, LE1 5AD
- OS grid reference
- SK 587 045
- Coordinates
- 52.63591, -1.1331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Cook Building, dated 1894, was designed by architects Goddard and Paget. It is a three-storey structure with an attic and features a ceramic front that is four bays wide. The first floor showcases carved arches between piers, with ornamental Ionic half-columns in front and a balustraded balcony in between. Above this, there is an entablature adorned with an ornamental frieze depicting railway engines. The upper section has a similar design with three-light mullion and transom windows. An inscribed frieze reads "1841 T. Cook and Son 1894". The attic features three-light windows and single pilasters, topped with four small Flemish gables. The building has a modern shop front and is a refacing and alteration of an earlier structure. The facade may have been intended as a memorial to Thomas Cook, who died in 1892.
Local climate
The Thomas Cook Building 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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