The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1979. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- quiet-zinc-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Main Street, Illston on the Hill, LE7 9EG
- OS grid reference
- SP 707 993
- Coordinates
- 52.58701, -0.95753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house located on Main Street in Illston on the Hill, dating from the early 18th century, with possible alterations that raised it by one and a half storeys in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of red brick, with a chequered pattern of black brick on the ground floor, and features a Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks. It has a rubble stone and brick plinth, a brick band, and dentilled eaves. The structure has two and a half storeys, with three 3-light casement windows and a six-panelled door positioned to the centre left. The windows are topped with cambered lintels, and there are three 2-light hipped dormers. At the rear, there is a two-storey wing. Inside, the property features chamfered beams and a double inglenook with a hood.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 1 application
- 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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