Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House, post office. 1 related planning application.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- stranded-step-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- House, post office
- Address
- Post Office, 6, Green End, Braughing, SG11 2PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 393 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90758, 0.02431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a house that was once The Bell public house and is now the Post Office, dating from the 17th century. The front was modified in a Gothic style by brewers in 1874. It features a timber frame that is roughcast on a stucco plinth, with plastering that is lined to resemble ashlar under the porch. The steep roof is covered in old red tiles and has a large central dormer that rises flush with the front. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, with a two-unit plan that includes a rear lateral chimney on the left side and an external gable chimney on the right side. The front is symmetrical with three windows, showcasing criss-cross applied timbering. The dormer and three upper windows have two-light flush casements with moulded labels that end in small bells. The ground floor has three-light casements with similar labels, flanking a large gabled open timber Gothic porch that features cusped openings, benches, and a wooden bell set on a cambered collar at the front, which is dated '1874'. The building ceased to operate as a public house around 1926.
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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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