Post Office Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1989. A C18 House.

Post Office Cottage

WRENN ID
first-newel-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1989
Type
House
Address
Post Office Cottage, the Green, Holyport, Ascot Road, Bray
OS grid reference
SU 891 779
Coordinates
51.49309, -0.71744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Post Office Cottage is a small house that was originally a post office, built in the mid-18th century and altered in the 20th century. The building is constructed of brick and features a hipped old tile roof. It has a central staircase plan and stands two storeys tall. There are two chimneys: one very tall chimney with a string course, offset head, and clay pots located on the left end wall, and a smaller chimney situated behind on the side wall. The cottage has sash windows with glazing bars set in architrave frames, which are topped with gauged brick arches. The entrance front faces southeast and is symmetrical, consisting of three bays. The central entrance door, which is from the 20th century, has a glazed top part and is sheltered by a small moulded hood with a pediment.

Local climate

Post Office Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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