Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Adjacent to Garage of Number 12 is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Ventilation shaft. 1 related planning application.

Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Adjacent to Garage of Number 12

WRENN ID
pitched-footing-cedar
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
Address
Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Adjacent to Garage of Number 12, LE3 8EP
OS grid reference
SK 547 064
Coordinates
52.65289, -1.19205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a ventilation shaft associated with the former Swannington to Leicester railway tunnel, built between 1830 and 1832. The tunnel was designed by Robert Stephenson. The shaft is constructed of burnt blue header brick, topped with a stone coping. It is a tapering circular shaft, approximately 2 to 2½ metres high, and features a domed metal grille at the top. The shaft is located adjacent to the garage of Number 12 Tredington Road. Number 12 and its garage are not part of the listed structure.

Local climate

Tunnel Ventilation Shaft Adjacent to Garage of Number 12 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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