7, The Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. House. 4 related planning applications.
7, The Drive
- WRENN ID
- far-pillar-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 7, The Drive, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PB
- OS grid reference
- SP 569 955
- Coordinates
- 52.5552, -1.16108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 7 The Drive is a house that was originally one of the cottage homes built by the Leicester Poor Law Union in 1884, designed by architect I. Baradale. The building is constructed of brick and has a Welsh slate roof. It features a cruciform plan with three irregular bays and stands two storeys tall. The detail and design of this house are similar to those of No. 2 The Drive.
Local climate
7, The Drive 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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