Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Post office.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- far-quartz-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Post Office, Church Square, Bures St. Mary, CO8 5BS
- OS grid reference
- TL 907 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97184, 0.77535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bures St Mary Post Office is a late 18th century or early 19th century red brick house that has been colourwashed on the west front. It stands two storeys high and features a three-window arrangement on the west front, which includes a 20th-century shop front on the ground floor. The south front also has a three-window range, with a central doorway that is adorned with pilasters and a cornice. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in plain reveals. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.
Local climate
Post Office sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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