Little Bowden Post Office and Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. Post office, stores.
Little Bowden Post Office and Stores
- WRENN ID
- old-gateway-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Post office, stores
- Address
- Little Bowden Post Office and Stores, Scotland Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 740 867
- Coordinates
- 52.47372, -0.9116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Bowden Post Office and Stores is a mid-18th century building located on Scotland Road in Little Bowden. The facade is made of red brick and features a thatched roof, with end and off-centre chimneys. The building is one and a half storeys tall, with dormers that break through the eaves. It has three windows, which are late 18th century or early 19th century casements. Part of the north elevation is constructed from stone rubble. The eastern gable end facing the road has a 19th century shop front that includes an entablature with a cornice and panelled pilasters, although only one vertical glazing bar remains.
Local climate
Little Bowden Post Office and Stores receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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