The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- grim-rafter-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Bucklebury, RG7 6PL
- OS grid reference
- SU 553 708
- Coordinates
- 51.43378, -1.20567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house located in Bucklebury, dating from the 17th century with 19th-century refacing. It features a combination of brick and timber framing, with brick nogging and curved braces. The south side has been later refaced in brick. The building has an old tile roof with end stacks and includes a single-storey brick lean-to on the right, also with an old tile roof.
The structure consists of two framed bays and stands two storeys tall. The first floor has two 19th-century casement windows and a smaller 20th-century casement window in between. The ground floor has two segmental-headed casement windows and a segmental-headed doorway with a boarded door located in the lean-to on the right. The timber frame is exposed at the rear, showcasing a queen post truss in the right-hand gable end.
To the left, there is a block that is timber framed with exposed brick nogging and curved braces on the north side, with later brick refacing on the south. This block has an old tile half-hipped roof and a gabled dormer with a casement window. It consists of three framed bays and is one storey with an attic. The left side features a segmental-headed casement window, while the right side has a segmental-headed doorway with a boarded door and a 19th-century gabled porch.
Local climate
The Old 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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