Former Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. Former post office. 3 related planning applications.
Former Post Office
- WRENN ID
- ragged-buttress-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- Former post office
- Address
- Former Post Office, 120, London Road, Alton, GU34 4ES
- OS grid reference
- SU 735 409
- Coordinates
- 51.16322, -0.94919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Post Office in Holybourne, located at 1 London Road, is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys high and features three bays. The structure is constructed from stone blocks with brick quoins and has flanking chimney stacks topped by a thatched roof. On the ground floor, there are two three-light casement windows and a central six-panel door with a plain frame, which is sheltered by a modern moulded cantilever hood. The first floor mirrors the ground floor's window arrangement, with similar windows above and a central two-light casement.
Local climate
Former Post Office receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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