Post Office Cottage Staplecross Post Office and the Cottage Attached the Premises Occupied by Precision Optics Wheelwrights is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Cottage.

Post Office Cottage Staplecross Post Office and the Cottage Attached the Premises Occupied by Precision Optics Wheelwrights

WRENN ID
rusted-sandstone-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Post Office Cottage Staplecross Post Office and the Cottage Attached the Premises Occupied by Precision Optics Wheelwrights, Northiam Road, Ewhurst
OS grid reference
TQ 781 224
Coordinates
50.97384, 0.5366
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Post Office Cottage, Staplecross Post Office, and the attached cottage, Wheelwrights, along with the premises occupied by Precision Optics, are early 19th century cottages. They are two storeys high and feature ten windows. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the upper floor is weather-boarded. At the back, there are eight gables. The building has been re-roofed with concrete tiles and has a variety of window styles.

Local climate

Post Office Cottage Staplecross Post Office and the Cottage Attached the Premises Occupied by Precision Optics Wheelwrights receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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