Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Approximately 20 Metres to Rear of Number 49 is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Ventilation shaft.

Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Approximately 20 Metres to Rear of Number 49

WRENN ID
turning-cellar-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaby
Constituency
Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1987
Type
Ventilation shaft
OS grid reference
SK 546 064
Coordinates
52.65316, -1.19411
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tunnel ventilation shaft, located approximately 20 metres behind number 49 on Faire Road, is a Grade II listed structure. Built between 1830 and 1832, it served the former Swannington to Leicester railway line, designed by Robert Stephenson. The shaft is constructed from burnt blue header brick and features a stone coping. It has a tapering circular shape and stands about 1.5 to 2 metres high. Please note that number 49 is not included in this listing.

Local climate

Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Approximately 20 Metres to Rear of Number 49 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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