Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Cottage.
Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- sunken-remnant-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Post Office, Hall Lane, Lathom
- OS grid reference
- SD 454 100
- Coordinates
- 53.58463, -2.82531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a small cottage, likely built in the late 18th century, which has recently been restored. It is constructed of brick in stretcher bond and features a new slate roof. The building has a very small rectangular two-unit plan and consists of one low storey with two symmetrical windows. The central entrance is a boarded door, flanked by small-paned cast-iron cross-window casements. A gable chimney is located to the left, and there is a small back extension with a catslide roof.
Local climate
Old Post Office sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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