Bray Newsagent's and Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1988. House, shop, post office. 2 related planning applications.
Bray Newsagent's and Post Office
- WRENN ID
- lesser-outpost-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1988
- Type
- House, shop, post office
- Address
- Bray Newsagent's and Post Office, High Street, SL6 2AH
- OS grid reference
- SU 901 795
- Coordinates
- 51.50766, -0.70181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bray Newsagent's and Post Office is a house that has been converted into a newsagent, shop, and post office. It dates from the late 18th century and was altered in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of painted brick and has a slate gabled roof, featuring a rectangular plan and two storeys. There is a chimney on each gable.
The front facing the road has four bays, with sash windows that include glazing bars and gauged brick arches on the first floor. The ground floor has three shop windows with moulded beading on the frames. The entrance door is located in the middle bay and features a doorcase with panelled pilasters and a plain hood supported by console brackets. The door itself is a six-panel design, with the top two panels being glazed.
Local climate
Bray Newsagent's and Post Office 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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