The Old Post House is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1987. A C17 Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Post House
- WRENN ID
- endless-moulding-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post House, Warwick Road, Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, CV35 7QX
- OS grid reference
- SP 289 689
- Coordinates
- 52.31763, -1.57694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post House is a 17th century cottage made of sandstone ashlar, featuring a moulded eaves cornice. It has a steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends and consists of one storey and an attic. The central entrance has a modern door set within a pilastered doorcase. To the right, there are stone mullioned three-light casement windows, and to the left, an oriel bay window. The cottage also has two three-light dormers and two brick ridge chimney stacks. A modern single storey extension has been added to the north.
Local climate
The Old Post House 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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