The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1968. House, inn, post office. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- waiting-fireplace-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1968
- Type
- House, inn, post office
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Chirbury with Brompton, SY15 6DE
- OS grid reference
- SO 290 973
- Coordinates
- 52.56932, -3.04777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a building located in Priestweston, Chirbury, which was originally known as the Red Lion Inn. This structure dates back to the late 17th century and has undergone various additions and alterations over the years. It is constructed from limewashed uncoursed limestone rubble and features a graded slate roof.
The building has one storey and an attic, with three late 19th-century casement windows on the ground floor. Above these, there are gabled half-dormers fitted with metal casements. The ground floor also has two boarded doors that alternate with the windows, one of which has a glazed panel inserted. These features are now partially obscured by a late 20th-century brick and glass porch, which is not considered to have special architectural interest. There are external and internal end stacks, both with red brick shafts and toothed capping. Additionally, there is a short range at right angles to the rear on the left, which is likely contemporary to the main building.
The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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