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.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- third-flue-nettle
- 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
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Main Street, Farnborough
- OS grid reference
- SP 433 496
- Coordinates
- 52.14344, -1.36781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a cottage that dates from the late 18th century and was formerly two separate buildings as well as a post office. It is located on the east side of Main Street in Farthingborough. The structure is built of regularly coursed limestone, with Flemish garden bond red brick at the rear. It has a tiled roof and brick stacks at each end. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a three-window range.
The entrance features a flush six-panelled door situated between the first and second bays, topped with a tiled hood supported by brackets. The ground floor includes original lead-latticed casements with three lights and four lights to the right. The second bay has a 19th-century two-light casement with glazing bars. At the rear, there are two plank doors and leaded casements with two and three lights. Inside, the property is noted for its six-panelled doors.
Local climate
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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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