The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. A C19 House/post office. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- ruined-banister-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1986
- Type
- House/post office
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Bayton, Kidderminster, DY14 9LJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 694 732
- Coordinates
- 52.35606, -2.45001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house that was later used as a Post Office, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped slate roof with a square plan. The building has two storeys and is adorned with a dentilled eaves cornice. It has two bays, with windows that feature rusticated voussoirs and moulded architraves, and twelve-pane sash windows throughout. The central entrance is highlighted by an open pediment, a moulded architrave, and a six-panelled door. There are brick stacks located on the rear side elevations.
The Old Post Office is prominently situated in the center of the village, next to High House, Lynbury, Maypole Cottage, and Wrights Cottage.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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