Kirkstone, The Long House and Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Long house, post office.
Kirkstone, The Long House and Post Office
- WRENN ID
- nether-rubble-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Long house, post office
- Address
- Kirkstone, The Long House and Post Office, Church Plain, Hempnall
- OS grid reference
- TM 241 944
- Coordinates
- 52.50162, 1.30053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirkstone, The Long House and Post Office is a long 17th century timber-frame building that is plastered. It features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends. There is an internal brick chimney stack located near the south end, while the north end has a parapeted brick gable with an internal stack. The building has two storeys and a four-window range, with 19th century and modern casements. Kirkstone includes a small late 19th century gabled porch, while The Long House and Post Office have modern doors.
Local climate
Kirkstone, The Long House and Post Office sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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