Moreton Cottage the Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Cottage, former post office. 2 related planning applications.
Moreton Cottage the Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- idle-storey-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage, former post office
- Address
- Moreton Cottage the Old Post Office, Shuckburgh Road, Priors Marston, CV47 7RS
- OS grid reference
- SP 489 577
- Coordinates
- 52.21608, -1.28536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moreton Cottage and The Old Post Office are a pair of cottages with a former post office, dating from the mid-18th century, with the post office section likely built in the early 19th century. They are constructed of coursed squared ironstone with diagonally-set cement slate roofs. The Old Post Office section has coped gable parapets to its right-hand end, featuring moulded kneelers; it also has a stone ridge and brick end stacks.
The cottages are each of 2-unit plan, and arranged over two storeys with a two-window range to Moreton Cottage. Moreton Cottage’s left-hand side features a partly-glazed 6-panelled door, and a three-light casement with glazing bars. A 20th-century three-light casement is on the right, and a window with glazing bars is in the corner. The first floor has two-light casements with cross-glazing. The Old Post Office has a 6-panelled door and three-light casements containing glazing bars, with a two-light casement on the first floor to the right. The former post office is a single-window range, and features a wide 8-light casement, a 6-panelled door, and a three-light casement with glazing bars above, all set under a single lintel. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Moreton Cottage the Old Post Office receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 — 13 transactions since 1995
- 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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