Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage, post office.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pedestal-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage, post office
- Address
- Post Office, Brimpton
- OS grid reference
- SU 558 647
- Coordinates
- 51.37937, -1.19842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a cottage and post office from the 18th century. It is constructed of white painted brick and features a thatched roof that is hipped to the right. There are end stacks on both the right and left sides, and three eyebrow semi-dormers on the roof. The left gable end is tile hung. The building has one and a half storeys and a three-window front, with all windows being casements, some of which have leaded lights. There are two boarded doors: one is located to the right of the left-hand window and the other to the left of the right-hand window. Additionally, there is a lean-to extension on the right side.
Local climate
Post Office receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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