The Post House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Post House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-joist-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post House, Mersea Road, Abberton, CO5 7NR
- OS grid reference
- TM 006 191
- Coordinates
- 51.83514, 0.91029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post House is an early 19th century house located on Abberton Mersea Road. It is two storeys high and constructed of red brick with a grey slate roof. The house features stucco lintels that are stop-chamfered on the soffit. There are three windows, which are double-hung sashes with glazed margins. The property also has red brick chimneys.
Local climate
The Post House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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