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Latitude: 52.5532 / 52°33'11"N
Longitude: -1.1604 / 1°9'37"W
OS Eastings: 457020
OS Northings: 295375
OS Grid: SP570953
Mapcode National: GBR 8ND.TPD
Mapcode Global: VHCT0.T3W0
Plus Code: 9C4WHR3Q+7R
Entry Name: 1, the Drive
Listing Date: 21 September 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1074769
English Heritage Legacy ID: 188891
Location: Countesthorpe, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE8
County: Leicestershire
Civil Parish: Countesthorpe
Built-Up Area: Countesthorpe
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Countesthorpe St Andrew
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
COUNTESTHORPE
SP59 NE THE DRIVE (West Side)
1/21 No. 1
21.9.81
GV II
House, one of the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes built by the Leicester Poor Law
Union in 1884. Architect I Baradale. Brick with plain tiled roof. Cruciform
plan with main range of 3 bays, 2 storeys. Central bay projects forward,
kitchen wing extends out at the back. "Queen Anne" style. Main elevation has
irregular fenestration with a mixture of 2, 3, 4 and 5 light windows with
timber mullions. Each light consists of a small vertical sash window. The
ground floor of the protecting bay has a 3 light moulded stone mullioned and
transomed window. On the left hand side of the central bay is a brick porch
with a tiled roof supported on a short circular stone pillar. The right hand
bay has a gabled dormer window rising from the eaves. Gable stacks.
Listing NGR: SP5702095375
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