Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Post office. 7 related planning applications.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- rough-gutter-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1983
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Post Office, 54, High Road Wormley, EN10 6JN
- OS grid reference
- TL 365 055
- Coordinates
- 51.73226, -0.02466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a 17th-century timber-framed Post Office located on the west side of High Road in Wormley. It has been altered in the early 19th century and features a modern ground floor shop. The exterior is roughcast with a machine tile roof and consists of two storeys. On the first floor, there are three recessed sash windows, each with eight panes. The old chimney stacks have been rebuilt towards the south. Inside, the upper level retains exposed framing, while the ground floor shop has a modern imitation timber frame.
Local climate
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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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