8, Guildhall Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
8, Guildhall Lane
- WRENN ID
- grey-bailey-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, Guildhall Lane, City of Leicester, LE1 5FQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 585 044
- Coordinates
- 52.63497, -1.13649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Guildhall Lane is an 18th-century building constructed of red brick with a slate roof featuring gabled ends. It has a moulded brick eaves cornice and brick string courses at the first and second floor levels. The building stands three storeys tall and has three windows on the upper floors, which have segmental brick arches and sashes with fairly thick glazing bars in exposed casings. On the ground floor, there is a two-light sash window with shutters on the left side. The central entrance features a moulded doorcase with a large plain rectangular fanlight above a fielded panel door. To the right, there is a segmental arch carriageway. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 2 to 12 (even), St Martin's Cathedral, the Guildhall, and No. 20 Loseby Lane.
Local climate
8, Guildhall Lane 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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