Cottage at Rear of the Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. A Medieval Cottage. 9 related planning applications.

Cottage at Rear of the Post Office

WRENN ID
silver-ledge-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1984
Type
Cottage
Period
Medieval
Address
Cottage at Rear of the Post Office, Stambridge Road, SS4 2AX
OS grid reference
TQ 899 918
Coordinates
51.59353, 0.74082
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cottage at the rear of the Post Office is a building from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tiled roof and features a left gault brick chimney stack. The cottage has one storey and attics, with a segmental headed dormer. There are front and rear lean-to extensions, and the front lean-to has two 20th-century small paned casements. A 20th-century door is located on the left return. Inside, the frame is made of elm, and it has a side purlin roof. The north wing includes a 19th-century bakehouse with an oven. The cottage is arranged in an L shape, with an unlisted early 20th-century shop adjoining to the south.

Local climate

Cottage at Rear of the Post Office receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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