The Post House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 7 related planning applications.
The Post House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-balcony-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post House, Ardeley, SG2 7AH
- OS grid reference
- TL 309 271
- Coordinates
- 51.92787, -0.09671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post House, formerly The Bell public house, is an early 18th-century house, extended to the east in the early 19th century. The original part of the house is timber-framed with roughcast rendering on a painted brick sill, and has a steep red tiled roof. It has a two-storey, two-cell plan, with end chimneys facing south. An eastern extension, with a two-storey single-cell plan and end chimney, is constructed of coursed flint pebble walls combined with grey brick quoins, window surrounds, and an external gable chimney. The original part of the house has two windows on each floor and a doorway into the right-hand room. It features three-light flush casement windows and a plank door with a small hood supported by shaped brackets. The extension has three-light casement windows on each floor, slightly recessed under segmental arches; a similar arch features above a blocked door in the right-hand corner. A two-storey rear wing, facing right, and a slated outshut are also present.
Local climate
The Post House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- 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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