The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1995. Post Office, house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- strange-brass-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1995
- Type
- Post Office, house
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Helmingham
- OS grid reference
- TM 187 571
- Coordinates
- 52.16886, 1.19773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a building that was originally a post office and is now a house, dating from around 1840. It is possibly designed by Anthony Salvin, who was active at Helmingham Hall around 1841. The structure is built of brick in Flemish bond and features a moulded brick stack located between the second and third ranges. The roof is covered with pantiles, has swept eaves, and includes ornamental vergeboards on the gables at the returns, as well as a trio of gabled dormers. The building is two storeys tall and has an outshut at the rear. It has segmental arched windows with casements that retain their original design, flanking an entrance that is set beneath a gabled canopy porch. There are secondary stacks at the corner on the left. The architectural style is picturesque, blending vernacular forms with elements from the 'cottage orne' tradition. The Old Post Office, along with cottages numbered 3-8 and 15-20, and the Old Forge, forms a cohesive group near the crossroads.
Local climate
The Old 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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