The Old Thatched Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. House.
The Old Thatched Post Office
- WRENN ID
- muffled-railing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Thatched Post Office, Sulhamstead Hill
- OS grid reference
- SU 633 684
- Coordinates
- 51.41152, -1.09068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Thatched Post Office is a house dating from the 17th century, with 20th-century refacing and additions to the rear. It features a rendered timber frame and a thatched roof. The building has a lobby entrance and consists of two framed bays over two storeys. A central ridge stack is present. On the first floor, there are two 3-light diamond leaded casements from the 20th century to the right and one 2-light diamond leaded casement to the left. On the ground floor, there is a 3-light diamond leaded casement to the left and a 2-light segmental headed casement to the right, flanking a central boarded door from the 20th century.
Local climate
The Old Thatched Post Office receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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