The Post Office (On Site of Portland House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1970. Post office.
The Post Office (On Site of Portland House)
- WRENN ID
- solitary-lintel-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1970
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Post Office (On Site of Portland House), Cumberland Street, Woodbridge
- OS grid reference
- TM 272 489
- Coordinates
- 52.09207, 1.3156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office, located on the site of Portland House, is a modern building constructed in 1852. It incorporates elements from the 16th century, including plaster ceilings and a staircase from the previous house. The staircase features a newel post with the date 1534 carved into it, although this carving may not be original. Additionally, there is a wide fireplace with stop-moulded jambs and an obtuse-angled head, made of brick.
Local climate
The Post Office (On Site of Portland House) 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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