Holywell Cross Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Chesterfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1976. Post office. 1 related planning application.
Holywell Cross Post Office
- WRENN ID
- nether-thatch-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chesterfield
- Constituency
- Chesterfield MP: Mr Toby Perkins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1976
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Holywell Cross Post Office, 43, Holywell Street, S41 7SH
- OS grid reference
- SK 384 713
- Coordinates
- 53.23793, -1.42584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holywell Cross Post Office, located at No 43 Holywell Street and including No 1 Durrant Road, has origins dating back to the 17th century or earlier. The building is likely timber framed and features a plastered facade with a brick eaves cornice and a slate roof, which has an off-centre chimney base remaining. It is two storeys high and has three windows facing Holywell Street. The first floor showcases late 18th century or early 19th century casements with two and three lights, complete with glazing bars. The ground floor features a southeastern door followed by a well-preserved early 19th century shop front, which includes an entablature with a cornice, architrave, and pilasters adorned with a motif, as well as original shutter hinges. The Durrant Road facade has a similar window with glazing bars. There are corner double doors with six panels below a chamfered corner leading to the first floor.
At the rear, there is a cross wing that forms No 1 Durrant Road. This section is also plastered and two storeys tall, though it is lower in height due to the slope of the hill. It has a stone slab roof and features one first-floor window with late 18th century or early 19th century casements and glazing bars. The ground floor has modern casements and a small window situated between the floors. The doorcase is decorated with pilasters and a cornice, leading to a six-panelled door.
Local climate
Holywell Cross Post Office receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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