The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. House.

The Old Post Office

WRENN ID
fossil-chapel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Post Office, Great North Road, Foston
OS grid reference
SK 857 429
Coordinates
52.97666, -0.7239
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of painted brick and features a concrete tile roof with rendered gable stacks. The building is two stories high and has a three-bay front. The central doorway is framed by a plain doorcase and has a traceried fanlight above it, along with a six-panelled door. On either side of the doorway are single glazing bar sash windows, with two additional sash windows located above.

Local climate

The Old Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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