5, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1971. Post office. 2 related planning applications.
5, High Street
- WRENN ID
- weathered-keep-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1971
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- 5, High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AH
- OS grid reference
- SK 861 087
- Coordinates
- 52.66975, -0.72688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 5 on High Street is a former General Post Office, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The building is constructed of stone and has a stuccoed finish. It features a heavy moulded wooden eaves cornice and a stone slate roof. The structure is two storeys high and includes two hipped dormers with casement windows. There are two windows with moulded flush frames on the upper floor, along with one similar window on the ground floor, which also has a 19th-century shop front. Notably, there are no glazing bars on the windows. The adjoining shop, No 3, has been built in front of the east end of this building. Nos 5, 7, and 7A together form a group.
Local climate
5, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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