Chief Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1976. Post office.
Chief Post Office
- WRENN ID
- drifting-cellar-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Dudley MP: Sonia Kumar (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1976
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Chief Post Office, 200a, Wolverhampton Street
- OS grid reference
- SO 942 903
- Coordinates
- 52.51062, -2.08559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chief Post Office, located at 200A Wolverhampton Street, was built in 1909. This building is constructed from ashlar and features three storeys plus a basement, with the ground storey having a rusticated appearance. It has five sash windows set within moulded architraves, each adorned with triple keyblocks. The central window is highlighted by an iron balcony and flanked by three-quarter round Ionic pilasters, topped with a curvilinear pediment that displays a finely carved panel of the Royal Arms. The three central bays are defined by additional three-quarter round Ionic pilasters and are surmounted by a pediment. The building has quoins at the corners, a band at the first floor, and two doorways featuring cornices on consoles, rectangular fanlights with iron grilles, and six-panelled divided doors with steps leading up. To the right, there is a plain two-window wing that continues the overall character of the building. The roofline is finished with a modillion eaves cornice and a balustrade. The Chief Post Office is part of a group that includes Nos 193 to 200 and No 200A, along with Nos 1 and 2 County Court, No 3A, and Nos 4 to 7 Priory Street.
Local climate
Chief Post Office receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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