Cobbler's Hall and Heath Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Former school, dwelling.
Cobbler's Hall and Heath Post Office
- WRENN ID
- rough-minaret-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Former school, dwelling
- Address
- Cobbler's Hall and Heath Post Office, Heath Common, Warmfield Cum Heath
- OS grid reference
- SE 355 199
- Coordinates
- 53.67503, -1.46397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cobbler's Hall and Heath Post Office is a former school, now converted into three dwellings, dating from around 1740. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof and has two storeys with a five-bay symmetrical facade. It features raised ashlar quoins and a band. The doorway has raised monolithic jambs and a casement-moulded cornice with a glazed overlight. Each bay is fitted with 12-pane sash windows that have raised plain-stone surrounds. The hipped roof has two large original brick stacks on the rear pitch.
At the rear, there are three bays of windows with flush surrounds, and the third bay includes a doorway with an overlight. A tall stair-window at mezzanine level, which has been much reduced in size, is set between the second and third bays. The building has two-bay returns, with the left-hand return featuring doorways created from ground-floor windows.
The interior has been significantly remodelled, showcasing fluted architraves on the doorcases in the front rooms. The main staircase is located at the back, where all rooms originally had corner fireplaces.
From 1749 to the 1780s, this building served as a finishing school for young men preparing for the army and navy. It also functioned as the village post office for a period. There is a local tradition that suggests the building once had a third storey.
Local climate
Cobbler's Hall and Heath Post Office receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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