The Old Mail House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Mail House
- WRENN ID
- grim-mortar-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Mail House, Front Street, East Garston, RG17 7HN
- OS grid reference
- SU 363 768
- Coordinates
- 51.4897, -1.47802
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Mail House is a house dating to the 16th century, with additions and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The walls are rendered and the gables are tile-hung, with a tiled roof and a central brick chimney. The house has two storeys and features two 20th-century casement windows to the left of a 19th-century window, a six-panel door within a simple reeded doorcase with a plain flat hood, and one 20th-century casement to the right. There are four 20th-century casements on the first floor. The interior retains some exposed timber framing and chamfered beams. The building comprises four structural bays, with the second bay from the right being a shorter bay that incorporates the chimney.
Local climate
The Old Mail House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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