The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Post Office

WRENN ID
last-grate-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Post Office, Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding
OS grid reference
TL 572 113
Coordinates
51.77844, 0.27742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring two storeys and a gabled roof covered with clay peg tiles. At the northern end, there is a modern extension that is contiguous with the original structure. The original building has a modern central gabled porch that is open at the front. On either side of the porch, there are three-light old casement windows with two horizontal subdivisions and iron opening lights on both floors.

Local climate

The Old 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2016
  • 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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