Cottage South of the Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. A 18th century Cottage.
Cottage South of the Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-window-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Cottage South of the Old Post Office, Hall Lane, Barholm and Stowe
- OS grid reference
- TF 088 108
- Coordinates
- 52.68409, -0.39152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located south of the Old Post Office, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble and features a Collyweston slate roof. The building is single storey with attics and has a three-bay front. The central entrance consists of a planked door, which is flanked by two three-light glazing bar casements, all topped with segmental stone heads. In the roof, there are two gabled dormers, each containing two-light casements with slate hung cheeks. The cottage also has two reduced red brick gable stacks.
Local climate
Cottage South of the Old Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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