General Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Post office. 1 related planning application.
General Post Office
- WRENN ID
- mired-shingle-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington South MP: Sarah Hall (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1975
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- General Post Office, Springfield Street, WA1 1BB
- OS grid reference
- SJ 603 880
- Coordinates
- 53.38811, -2.59803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The General Post Office, dated 1906, is built of red brick with stone dressings. It presents a symmetrical front of three storeys. The central section features large windows with stone mullions and transoms, and dentilled sills. This is flanked by tower-like blocks containing narrow windows and topped with circular windows and a parapet. The entrance is located in the left-hand tower, featuring a dated lintel. The wings have two windows on each floor; the ground-floor windows have segmental arched heads. Additional tower blocks are situated on either end. A large modillioned eaves cornice runs above the first floor, and the top floor includes dormers set into a stone balustrade and topped with a mansard roof. The right-hand side, facing Palmyra Square North, has two bays and flanking towers. This building is of group value, contributing to the character of the area.
Local climate
General Post Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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