Tunnel ventilation shaft to east of number 9, Holmwood Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1996. Ventilation shaft.

Tunnel ventilation shaft to east of number 9, Holmwood Drive

WRENN ID
ghost-cornice-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester West MP: Liz Kendall (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1996
Type
Ventilation shaft
Address
Tunnel ventilation shaft to east of number 9, Holmwood Drive, City of Leicester, LE3 9PL
OS grid reference
SK 554 063
Coordinates
52.65162, -1.18244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tunnel ventilation shaft located to the east of number 9 on Holmwood Drive is a Grade II listed structure built between 1830 and 1832. It was designed by Robert Stephenson for the former Swannington to Leicester Railway line. The shaft is constructed from burnt blue engineering brick and features ashlar coping. It has a slightly tapering circular shape, standing about 3 metres high, and is topped with a domed iron grill. Number 9 is not included in the listing.

Local climate

Tunnel ventilation shaft to east of number 9, Holmwood Drive sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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