The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1975. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- knotted-tracery-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Brockhurst Road, Monks Kirby, CV23 0QX
- OS grid reference
- SP 464 831
- Coordinates
- 52.44402, -1.31802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a 17th-century cottage located on Brockhurst Road in Monks Kirby. It features a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, while the left side has been rebuilt in whitewashed brick. The cottage has a thatched roof with brick stacks at the left end and ridge. It has a three-unit plan and is one storey high with an attic, displaying a two-window range. A 20th-century plank door is situated between the first and second bays. The ground floor includes three cross-glazed three-light casements, while the first and second bays feature raked half-dormers and large cross-glazed two-light casements. The right side of the building has brick infill. Inside, the cottage is noted for its exposed beams.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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