The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.

The Old Post Office

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Post Office, Village Street, Dorsington, CV37 8AX
OS grid reference
SP 132 497
Coordinates
52.14619, -1.80723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office is a building that was originally two cottages, now combined into one, and it served as the Post Office. It dates from the 17th century and has undergone later alterations. The structure is timber-framed with plaster infill and features coursed lias limestone at the ends. It has a steeply pitched thatched roof with brick stacks at the ends. The building has a two-unit plan, with the right half being a later addition that has a slight backward break.

The exterior is a single storey with an attic and has a two-window range. The ground floor features two pairs of windows, which include both 20th-century and older two-light casements, flanking a smaller two-light window. The raking dormer and eyebrow dormer each have two-light small-paned casements, equipped with iron opening casements and wrought-iron casement fasteners. The left side of the building shows some brick repairs and has two tiny first-floor lights, while the right side has a small 20th-century window on the first floor. At the rear, there is a large brick wing with raking dormers leading to a hipped roof and an entrance. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Old Post Office receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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