The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Post Office

WRENN ID
rooted-pinnacle-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 November 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Post Office, Church Lane, Thrumpton
OS grid reference
SK 510 313
Coordinates
52.87721, -1.2436
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office is a cottage built in 1731, with early 19th century and 20th century alterations. It is constructed of red brick, with some blue brick elements. The front features a Swithland slate roof from around 1970, while the rear has a plain-tile roof. There are two red brick gable stacks, with the left stack being external. The building has dentil eaves and a first-floor band made of red brick stretchers and blue brick headers. It is a single storey plus attic and consists of three bays.

The central entrance has an open trellis porch with an inner panelled door. On either side of the porch are single casement windows, each featuring two pointed arched lights beneath segmental brick arches. The attic includes two 19th century half dormers, which are gabled with bargeboards and have single similar casements. Above the porch, there is a plaque inscribed "J.E. 1731".

At the rear, there is an 18th century wing that was likely raised in the early 19th century, along with a two-storey extension dating from around 1950. Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams, plank doors, early and mid-19th century fireplaces and grates, early 19th century stairs, and a wooden frame in the floor where the original ladder stairs once rose.

Local climate

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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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