Glenfield Tunnel Ventilation Shaft, rear of 21 Fairefield Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. Ventilation shaft. 1 related planning application.
Glenfield Tunnel Ventilation Shaft, rear of 21 Fairefield Crescent
- WRENN ID
- small-sentry-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Ventilation shaft
- Address
- Glenfield Tunnel Ventilation Shaft, rear of 21 Fairefield Crescent, Leicester, Glenfields, LE3 8EJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 548 064
- Coordinates
- 52.65265, -1.19021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A railway tunnel ventilation shaft dating from 1832, designed by Robert Stephenson. The shaft is circular and approximately 2.5 metres high, rising without significant taper. It is constructed of red and blue bricks laid in English Bond, with a stone coping at the top. A flat metal grille covers the shaft.
Local climate
Glenfield Tunnel Ventilation Shaft, rear of 21 Fairefield Crescent 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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