The Old Post Office and Former Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office and Former Smithy
- WRENN ID
- fading-roof-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office and Former Smithy, 11, Main Street, Hoby with Rotherby
- OS grid reference
- SK 669 174
- Coordinates
- 52.75008, -1.00961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century cottage, originally used as a post office and smithy. It is constructed of brick in an irregular bond, with a Swithland slate roof and brick end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and a 2-storey, 2-window front. A central plank door is set within a moulded wooden surround, above which is a blank fanlight and a round-arched head. The ground and first floors each have 2-light casement windows with pointed arched heads. The eaves are detailed with cogged brickwork. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office and Former Smithy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- 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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