Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. Post office. 2 related planning applications.

Post Office

WRENN ID
noble-sentry-myrtle
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
Post Office, 101a and 101b, Sankey Street, WA1 1LA
OS grid reference
SJ 602 881
Coordinates
53.38849, -2.59926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Post Office, located at 101A and 101B Sankey Street, is a Victorian building situated opposite the Town Hall gates. It features a stone ground floor and a brick first floor, topped with a stone cornice. The building has a rounded angle facing Winmarleigh Street. Architectural details include pilasters and long rectangular sash windows, with a cornice above the ground floor. The first floor is distinguished by three Venetian windows with pediments, flanked by single windows, all adorned with stone architraves.

Local climate

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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