Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. Post Office.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- leaning-foundation-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Post Office
- Address
- Post Office, 77, Market Street, Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1AH
- OS grid reference
- SK 358 168
- Coordinates
- 52.74778, -1.46969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office, located at No 77 on Market Street, features a facade from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of red brick, accented with a stone band, eaves cornice, and blocking course. The roof is not visible. The ground floor is faced with stone and the building stands three storeys tall with two windows. The windows are sashes with late 19th-century glazing and have stone architraves, while the first-floor architraves are moulded and include labels. The ground floor is adorned with a dentil cornice, frieze, architrave, and end stops. The facade has a symmetrical arrangement of three windows, with an entrance on each side; the western entrance leads to a rear passageway. The building is included in Grade II for its group value.
Local climate
Post Office receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% 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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