The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. House.
The Post Office
- WRENN ID
- iron-ledge-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post Office, Market Hill, Orford
- OS grid reference
- TM 421 499
- Coordinates
- 52.09462, 1.53419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office is a house that has been converted into a Post Office and store, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of colour-washed brick and features a pantile roof. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range. The first floor has sash windows set in recessed frames with glazing bars, although the centre window has been blocked in. The ground floor features later 19th-century windows, with the right-hand window used for display purposes. The windows are topped with flat gauged brick arches. The entrance includes a six-panelled door, with the upper panels being glazed.
Local climate
The Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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