Post Office the Forge is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C18 Post office, house.
Post Office the Forge
- WRENN ID
- north-slate-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Post office, house
- Address
- Post Office the Forge, Woodhill Road, Sandon
- OS grid reference
- TL 744 048
- Coordinates
- 51.71556, 0.52328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Forge and Post Office is a late 18th century timber-framed and plastered house that has been significantly altered. It stands two storeys tall. The Forge features 20th century casement windows and a four-panel door, which is complemented by a 19th century ornamental iron porch with a semi-circular head. The Post Office has 19th century double hung sash windows with vertical glazing bars and a boarded door. The roofs are tiled and hipped, with a coved plaster eaves cornice. This building is included for its group value with the nearby Cottage east of the Post Office, the Church of St Andrew, Sandon Place, the outbuilding at Sandon Place, the Rectory Road, and The Crown Inn at Sandon Green.
Local climate
Post Office the Forge 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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