The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1978. House, shop. 4 related planning applications.
The Post Office
- WRENN ID
- solitary-obsidian-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1978
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- The Post Office, 72, Main Street, Wheldrake, YO19 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SE 682 449
- Coordinates
- 53.8963, -0.96297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office is a house that has been converted into a house and shop, dating from the late 18th century with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of pinkish-brown brick and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, with a central entrance that consists of a six-panel door. There are 16-pane sash windows throughout, and all openings are set under wedge lintels. A stepped three-course band runs along the first floor, and there is a dentil eaves band. The building also has end stacks.
Local climate
The Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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