1-5, Upper King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Commercial.
1-5, Upper King Street
- WRENN ID
- seventh-chalk-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 1-5, Upper King Street, City of Leicester, LE1 6XB
- OS grid reference
- SK 588 037
- Coordinates
- 52.62873, -1.13135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 to 5 Upper King Street is an early 19th-century building constructed of stucco. The original roof has been replaced with new tiles. The main building consists of Nos 1 and 3, which features a parapet and cornice, standing two storeys tall with five windows. The windows have moulded shouldered architraves and sashes with glazing bars. There are moulded cornices on console brackets above panelled doors, which are topped with rectangular fanlights also in moulded shouldered architraves. A moulded string runs at the first-floor level, and pilasters with Anthemion ornament are located at the ends, with the moulded cornice breaking forward over them. No 5 is set back on the left and is two storeys high with two windows, designed in the same style. The right-hand return elevation facing Regent Road has five windows, although three of the window bays are modern. There is a vehicle entrance on the right side, and the rear has been restored and added to. Nos 1 to 29 (odd) and No 8 Tower Street form a group.
Local climate
1-5, Upper King Street 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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