Caxton Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage and shop. 1 related planning application.
Caxton Post Office
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage and shop
- Address
- Caxton Post Office, 24, Ermine Street, CB23 3PQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 304 582
- Coordinates
- 52.2069, -0.09282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Caxton Post Office is a cottage and shop dating from the 17th century. It has a timber-framed structure with roughcast render and painted brick, topped with plain tile roofs. The building is one storey with an attic and consists of three units, with an extension to the north. There are two end stacks on the left side of the main range and extension, along with a ridge stack located to the right of the center. The shop is situated in the southern end bay and features five horizontal sliding sash windows and a glazed shop door. Additionally, there are three gabled dormer windows with nine-paned hung sashes. The building has a plastered plinth and an external entry to the cellar.
Local climate
Caxton 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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