Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Post office.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- unlit-pillar-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Post Office, 25, Magdalene Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 446 589
- Coordinates
- 52.21016, 0.11585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 25 Magdalene Street, known as the Post Office, dates from the early 17th century. It is a three-storey structure that is timber-framed and plastered, with some exposed timbers. Both the first and second storeys project outwards. The ground floor features a carriageway on the left side, which has old panelled gates. On the first floor, there are two semi-hexagonal oriel windows, while the second floor has two sash windows, all of which include glazing bars.
At the right end of the ground floor, there is a post with a tapering pilaster topped by a grotesque figure that supports the projecting upper storey. A similar grotesque figure is located to the right of the carriageway. The first floor has tapering Ionic pilasters on the end and middle posts, which also support grotesque figures beneath the projecting second floor. Remnants of end posts can be seen on the top floor. The building retains some original internal features. It is part of a group that includes Nos 13 to 18 and Nos 20 to 31 on the same street.
Local climate
Post Office sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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