1, The Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
1, The Drive
- WRENN ID
- gilded-obsidian-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, The Drive, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PB
- OS grid reference
- SP 570 953
- Coordinates
- 52.55326, -1.16045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, one of the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes built in 1884 by the Leicester Poor Law Union. The architect was I Baradale. The house is constructed of brick with a plain tiled roof and has a cruciform plan, consisting of a main range of three bays and two storeys. A kitchen wing extends to the rear. The design is in a "Queen Anne" style. The front elevation features irregular window placement, with a mix of 2, 3, 4, and 5-light windows, each with small vertical sash windows and timber mullions. The projecting central bay on the ground floor has a 3-light window with moulded stone mullions and a transom. A brick porch with a tiled roof, supported by a short circular stone pillar, is located on the left side of the central bay. A gabled dormer window rises from the eaves in the right-hand bay. The building has gable stacks.
Local climate
1, 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- 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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