The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- high-turret-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Eaton Bishop, HR2 9QD
- OS grid reference
- SO 443 389
- Coordinates
- 52.0464, -2.81263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is likely a 16th or 17th century house, with later alterations. It is timber-framed with brick infill and a rendered finish. The roof is hipped and covered with Welsh slate, and there is a central stack. The building follows an L-shaped plan, with a main range of approximately three and a half bays running north to south, and a small projection to the south. It has two storeys. The west elevation has one window, a 20th-century two-light casement, and a wall frame with three to four square panels between the cill and wall-plate. The south gable features angle struts from the corner posts. The north gable has weatherboarded upper sections and two late 20th-century two-light casements on each floor. A ledged, nail-studded door, fitted with foliated strap hinges, is located on the left-hand side. The interior has heavy ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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