Former Bakehouse to Rear of Number 100 (The Old Post Office) is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Bakehouse.

Former Bakehouse to Rear of Number 100 (The Old Post Office)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1988
Type
Bakehouse
Address
Former Bakehouse to Rear of Number 100 (The Old Post Office), Main Road, Danbury
OS grid reference
TL 777 054
Coordinates
51.71926, 0.57116
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former bakehouse located at the rear of Number 100, known as The Old Post Office, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of English bond brick and features a gabled pantile roof with a brick stack. The gable end next to the house includes a small paned window and a 19th-century door. Inside, the bakehouse retains its original bake-oven and fittings, including an oven door made by W.M. Graham and Sons from Trig Lane, Upper Thames Street, London. George Spalding established a bakery business here in the 1850s.

Local climate

Former Bakehouse to Rear of Number 100 (The Old Post Office) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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