Lowsonford Post Office and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1990. House, post office. 1 related planning application.
Lowsonford Post Office and Attached Cottage
- WRENN ID
- heavy-pewter-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1990
- Type
- House, post office
- Address
- Lowsonford Post Office and Attached Cottage, Lapworth Street, Rowington, B95 5HJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 186 680
- Coordinates
- 52.31039, -1.72775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowsonford Post Office and attached cottage is a house that now serves as a post office and dwelling, with the cottage attached to the left. The main building dates from the 17th century, while the cottage is from the 18th century. The structure has a roughcast exterior, likely built on a timber frame, and features an old plain-tile roof, with an area of 20th-century plain tiles on the right side. There is a brick ridge stack located to the left of the center. The building likely follows a three-unit lobby-entry plan and is two stories high with three bays.
The entrance is a plank door positioned to the left of center, which is sheltered by a 19th-century wooden gabled porch. There are 19th-century casement windows in the center and right bays, and a three-light casement window on the first floor to the left. The right return of the main building shows timber-framing with brick infill.
The attached cottage, dating from the 18th century, also has a roughcast exterior, likely on a timber frame, and an old plain-tile roof with a brick ridge stack at the center. It is a single story with an attic and has a two-window range. The cottage features a 20th-century glazed door on the left with an open porch, two 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor, and a gabled half-dormer on the right with a two-light casement window. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Lowsonford Post Office and Attached Cottage receives an average of 760 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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