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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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