Warehouse East of Union Wharf is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1975. Warehouse. 1 related planning application.
Warehouse East of Union Wharf
- WRENN ID
- solitary-merlon-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1975
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Warehouse East of Union Wharf, Leicester Road, LE16 7UW
- OS grid reference
- SP 727 879
- Coordinates
- 52.48435, -0.93032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This warehouse dates from the early 19th century and is located at the head of a canal basin near Union Wharf, which was completed in 1809. It is a red brick building with a roof of slates and pantiles, displaying a symmetrical design. The eastern facade is two storeys high, featuring paired segmental arched doorways at ground floor level, with a similar blank pair above. The outer sections of the facade have doorways on both floors, flanked by shuttered window openings, two of which are positioned between the central and outer ground floor doorways. The door jambs are rounded. The end facade is also of red brick, incorporating some grey headers, and has two louvred windows with segmental arches on the top floor.
Local climate
Warehouse East of Union Wharf receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 15 transactions since 1998
- 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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