The Old Post Office and Adjoining Outbuiding is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Post Office and Adjoining Outbuiding

WRENN ID
seventh-rampart-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Melton
Constituency
Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1988
Type
House
Address
The Old Post Office and Adjoining Outbuiding, LE14 2JQ
OS grid reference
SK 757 107
Coordinates
52.68899, -0.88027
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office and adjoining outbuilding are two cottages, now combined into a single house. The core of the building dates to the early 17th century, but it was raised and altered in the late 18th century, with further changes made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The construction is of coursed and squared ironstone, along with brick, featuring limestone ashlar dressings and slate roofs. A single coped gable, brick band to the first floor, and single coped stone gable and brick stacks are prominent features. The building has a two-story, three-bay layout, forming an L-shape. The north front has a 19th-century doorway situated slightly to the left of centre, with plain wood jambs and a door consisting of six vertical panels. It is flanked by two-light casements. A 2-light sliding sash window is to the right of the door, and another gabled wing is to the right again, featuring a 2-light sliding sash. All windows have segmental heads. Above, there are two two-light sliding sashes, and the gable has a 2-light casement. The return angle has a two-light casement. The south west end includes a 20th-century porch and a 19th-century hipped, single-story outbuilding, with a door and a casement window. Above the outbuilding is a central two-light sliding sash. The rear elevation has a 20th-century flat-roofed porch, flanked by sliding sashes and a casement window. Above are two sliding sashes and two casement windows.

Local climate

The Old Post Office and Adjoining Outbuiding 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 77% 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
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