6, The Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.
6, The Drive
- WRENN ID
- unlit-cinder-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6, The Drive, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PB
- OS grid reference
- SP 569 955
- Coordinates
- 52.55458, -1.16098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, originally one of a group of cottage homes constructed in 1884 for the Leicester Poor Law Union. Designed by I. Baradale, it is built of brick with a Welsh slate roof. The property has a cruciform plan, with the main axis running parallel to The Drive, and is similar in design to numbers 3, 5, and 8. It has four irregular bays, with the central left-hand bay projecting as a gabled wing. A lean-to porch is attached to the right of this gabled projection. The windows are a mix of sash and casement styles, grouped together and finished with flat arched brick heads. Gable and axial stacks are present.
Local climate
6, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- 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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