24 26, Post Street is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1969. Residential.
24 26, Post Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-rubble-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1969
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 24 26, Post Street, Godmanchester
- OS grid reference
- TL 243 709
- Coordinates
- 52.32214, -0.17625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 24 and 26 on Post Street in Godmanchester are 17th century or late 16th century buildings. They are two storeys high, with a timber-framed structure featuring a lower storey made of gault brick and an upper storey finished in cement. The tile roof has an upper storey that projects over the street front, supported by brackets in a jetty style. A prominent original central chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts, and the original bargeboards are visible on the south gable end. The ground floor has two 19th century sash windows with shutters, while the upper floor features three sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance includes a six-panel door with two glazed panels, framed by pilasters and topped with a cornice. No 24 is a mid-18th century infill, also two storeys high with a two-bay front made of butt brick. It has 19th century sash windows with gauged arches and a thin panelled pilaster doorcase, topped by a tiled roof.
Local climate
24 26, Post Street 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 0.4°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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