Elford Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Post office. 2 related planning applications.
Elford Post Office
- WRENN ID
- solemn-granite-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Elford Post Office, the Square, B79 9DB
- OS grid reference
- SK 188 104
- Coordinates
- 52.69164, -1.72257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house incorporating a shop, dating back to the 16th century, with significant remodelling in the 18th century and alterations in the 20th. The building is constructed of red brick replacing earlier timber framing, with a plain tile roof. It is one storey and attic, and has an irregular arrangement of windows. The front features two 20th-century casements with segmental heads to the left, three 20th-century gabled dormers, a 20th-century glazed door centrally positioned, a 20th-century shop front, and an alley door to the right. Internally, there is a pair of cruck roof timbers with an Alcock apex type C. The building is of group value.
Local climate
Elford Post Office receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 5 transactions since 2001
- 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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