The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House, shop.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- pitched-lantern-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- The Old Post Office, the Ford, Little Hadham, Ware, SG11 2BP
- OS grid reference
- TL 435 220
- Coordinates
- 51.87835, 0.08464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house and shop located in Little Hadham, dating from the 18th century or early 19th century, with an extension added in 1982. This tall, two-storey building features a timber frame and plastered exterior, situated on the roadside facing east, with two steps leading up to the door. The base has a black painted plinth and panelled pargetting. The roof is a low-pitched gable covered with slate, running parallel to the road, and there is an internal chimney on the south gable.
The front of the building is symmetrical, showcasing an early 19th-century double shop window and a central flush panelled half-glazed door that is rebated for a shutter. A small moulded fascia is present above the shop window. On the first floor, there is a single flush box sash window with eight panes. The high plinth is plastered and features a panelled fan pargetting design, which has been renewed.
The north extension, built in 1982, matches the original structure and is slightly recessed, with one window on each floor and a hipped slate roof. The shop front on the north return replicates the original design.
Local climate
The Old Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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