The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Post office. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- bitter-attic-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Old Post Office, 10 High Street, Stock, Essex, CM4 9BA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 691 990
- Coordinates
- 51.66447, 0.44476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a late 18th or early 19th century red brick building. It is two storeys high and originally featured a three-window front with double-hung sash windows containing vertical glazing bars, set within flush cased frames. A small, 20th-century shop bay with a tiled roof now occupies the west end of the building. The front door is a five-panel design with the upper panel glazed, and is set within a wood doorcase featuring pilasters and a cornice supported by brackets. The roof is tiled. A wing extends to the north at the rear of the building.
Local climate
The Old Post Office sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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