W.G. Bailey and Son (Post Office and Shop) is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Post office, shop, dwelling. 7 related planning applications.
W.G. Bailey and Son (Post Office and Shop)
- WRENN ID
- ancient-granite-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Post office, shop, dwelling
- Address
- W.G. Bailey and Son (Post Office and Shop), Church Street, Litcham, PE32 2NS
- OS grid reference
- TF 887 175
- Coordinates
- 52.72301, 0.79275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century post office, shop, and dwelling is situated on the west side of Church Street in Litcham. The building is constructed of brick with a black pantiled roof, and is likely two storeys high, possibly with attics. It originally comprised a house of five bays, featuring sash windows with glazing bars, and skewback arches to the ground-floor windows. The central doorway has a raised and fielded panelled door with a St. Andrew’s cross lower panel, set within a doorcase featuring a dentilated pediment supported by consoles. Other original features include a plain platband and rusticated quoins. An early extension was added to the side and rear, incorporating a 20th-century shop front. Above the shop front are two sash windows with glazing bars, matching the rusticated quoins of the original structure. The original house has a steeply pitched roof and a central axial stack.
Local climate
W.G. Bailey and Son (Post Office and Shop) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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