The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Post Office
- WRENN ID
- narrow-panel-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post Office, Longford, Kingsland, HR6 9QS
- OS grid reference
- SO 447 614
- Coordinates
- 52.24831, -2.81142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office is a house dating from the 17th century, significantly remodelled in the early 19th century, with later alterations from the mid-20th century. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill and a hipped tile roof. A substantial brick stack is located at the rear, with a smaller external brick stack on the left-hand wall.
The south front has two storeys and features a dog-tooth brick cornice. It contains three windows; the central window is blind, while the flanking windows are 3-light casements with segmental heads. A flat canopy, supported by scrolled wooden brackets, covers the central entrance, which is a four-panel door with glazed upper panels. Framing is visible in the side walls, consisting of two square panels raised in the 19th century.
The interior retains exposed chamfered and stopped beams. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Post Office receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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