Post Office and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Post office, cottage.
Post Office and Attached Cottage
- WRENN ID
- last-steeple-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Post office, cottage
- Address
- Post Office and Attached Cottage, Main Street, Blankney
- OS grid reference
- TF 067 602
- Coordinates
- 53.1285, -0.4056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office and attached cottage, built around 1835 by W A Nicholson, is located on Main Street in Blankney. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features steeply pitched slate roofs, ashlar coped gables, and moulded kneelers. The building has a Y-plan layout and is a single storey plus attic.
The south-facing entrance front has four bays, with an off-centre doorway that includes a contemporary door framed by a moulded ashlar four-centred arched surround. To the right of the door are a two-light window and a single light window, while to the left is another single light window, partially blocked by a wall post box. Above the door is a similar window, and to the left is a two-light through eaves dormer that projects slightly and is supported on brackets.
The gabled south-west corner features a four-light canted ashlar bay window, with a two-light window above it under a drip mould. The west-facing front has three bays, with two two-light windows on the left and a single light window on the right. Above, to the left, are two two-light through eaves gabled dormers, also projecting slightly and supported on brackets. All windows have recessed and chamfered mullion surrounds, with glazing bar casements. This building is part of the complete estate village built for the Chaplin family of Blankney Hall.
Local climate
Post Office and Attached Cottage 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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