The Infirmary is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. Former infirmary.
The Infirmary
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-roof-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former infirmary
- Address
- The Infirmary, the Drive, Countesthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SP 569 956
- Coordinates
- 52.55531, -1.16177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Infirmary is a former infirmary built in 1884 for the Countesthorpe cottage homes by the Leicester Poor Law Union, designed by architect I. Baradale. It is constructed of brick with a hipped roof made of Welsh slate and features finials. The building has a symmetrical facade, with the central portion stepping forward and being single storey with an attic. The attic includes a hipped dormer window with carved timber cheeks and two-light casement windows. The roof has a nearly pyramidal shape with finials, and there are tall brick chimney stacks on either side of the dormer.
On the ground floor, there are two canted bay windows with slate roofs, each containing narrow sash windows. Between the bays, there are two narrow single-light windows. Each side of the central portion has a single-storey wing with hipped roofs and finials, featuring four narrow windows on each side. There is a doorway on each side next to the central portion, each with a rectangular fan light, a brick arch, and a cambered brick head. The doors are half glazed with small panes. Additionally, there are two triangular slate roof louvres on each side of the roof.
Local climate
The Infirmary 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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