Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- errant-footing-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Post Office, 34, Benington Road, Aston, SG2 7DY
- OS grid reference
- TL 275 227
- Coordinates
- 51.88862, -0.14776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a house that was later converted into a post office, dating from the late 18th century. It features a timber frame set on a plastered brick sill, with a roughcast exterior, a slate roof, and a central red brick chimney. The house is asymmetrical and has two stories, facing west. On the south gable, there is a shop door and window that are accessible from the roadside. At the north end, there is a single-storey lean-to made of plaster and slate. The chimney is positioned a third of the way from the south end. The upper floor has two flush-box sash windows, each with eight panes. Below, there are similar windows with louvred shutters, along with a door to the left. The lean-to on the south gable has a separate door and window, finished to resemble ashlar, with a glazed door and small-paned windows on each floor. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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