Post Office Sorting Office is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Post office.

Post Office Sorting Office

WRENN ID
south-rubble-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Enfield
Constituency
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill MP: Kate Osamor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Post office
Address
Post Office Sorting Office, Station Road N21
OS grid reference
TQ 316 943
Coordinates
51.63273, -0.09892
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Post Office Sorting Office, dated 1904, is a small two-storey baroque building made of red brick with stone dressings. It features a three-bay front with slightly canted outer bays, all designed to resemble one large Dutch gable. The parapets of the outer bays curve upwards, and a heavy segmental pediment and cornice crown the center of the building. These elements rest on panelled first-floor pilasters made of brighter red brick. The sash windows are framed with rusticated architraves. At the center of the ground floor, there is a depiction of the Royal Arms of Edward VII. The entrance is located on the right side and features a round arch with a moulded architrave and keystone, framed in an entablature surround with swags in the spandrels. The side elevation is only one storey tall but includes another Dutch gable towards the back.

Local climate

Post Office Sorting 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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