The Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. Former dairy.

The Dairy

WRENN ID
south-cupola-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1989
Type
Former dairy
Address
The Dairy, Castle Donington
OS grid reference
SK 420 269
Coordinates
52.83828, -1.37749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dairy is a former dairy building, now used as offices, dating from the mid-1790s and refurbished and converted in 1981-1982. It features colourwashed roughcast walls and a hipped slate roof with flat eaves. The building is single-storey and consists of three bays, with the center bay projecting and canted. It has three-light windows with ovolo wooden mullions, and the outer windows include horizontal glazing bars. There are 20th-century doors on either side of the projection. The front and sides are adorned with a continuous verandah, which was rebuilt in the 20th century and has a pent slate roof supported by wooden posts. The interior has been stripped of its original fittings. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Dairy 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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