Post Office and John Brabin's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. A C17 House, shop. 3 related planning applications.

Post Office and John Brabin's House

WRENN ID
crooked-eave-hawthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1952
Type
House, shop
Address
Post Office and John Brabin's House, 20 and 22, Talbot Street, Chipping, PR3 2QE
OS grid reference
SD 623 433
Coordinates
53.88475, -2.57481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Post Office and John Brabin's House, built in 1668, is a house and shop constructed from sandstone rubble with a slate roof. It has two storeys. The Post Office, located at No. 20 on the right, features a sashed window with glazing bars on the ground floor and a four-light mullioned window with an inner hollow chamfer, outer chamfer, and a hood on the first floor. To the left, there is a studded plank door with a chamfered surround and a triangular head.

John Brabin's House at No. 22 has end stacks and a studded plank door to the right, which also has a chamfered surround, a triangular head, and bears the inscription 'IB 1668' on the lintel. The ground floor has a continuous drip course that has been cut back. To the left of the door, there is a window surround with an outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer, featuring a central mullion between two sashed windows with glazing bars. Adjacent to this is a 19th-century plain stone surround for a triple sash window. On the right side of the first floor, there is a three-light mullioned window with a hood mould, outer chamfer, and inner hollow chamfer. To the left, there is a one-light chamfered stair window at an intermediate level. The building has stone gutter brackets, and the left-hand chimney cap features a moulded coping and weathered offset. The rear wall includes double-chamfered mullioned windows. The interior is said to have been modernised but retains an old stair and a bread oven.

Local climate

Post Office and John Brabin's House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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