Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. House, shop. 5 related planning applications.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- standing-finial-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Post Office, Bridge Street, Turvey, MK43 8ER
- OS grid reference
- SP 939 524
- Coordinates
- 52.16199, -0.62799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house and shop dating from the 19th century, located on the north side of Turvey Bridge Street. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with a concrete tile roof. It has three window bays and tall gable end chimney stacks made of red brick. The windows are 20th-century casements, with three on the first floor and two on the ground floor. A central doorway provides access. A one-storey wing with a hipped roof extends from the east gable end. The south elevation features a two-light casement window with glazing bars and a four-panel door. The building is included on the register for its group value.
Local climate
Post Office sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
- Sale history — 16 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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