Post Box Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Fareham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Post Box Cottage
- WRENN ID
- odd-loggia-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fareham
- Constituency
- Hamble Valley MP: Paul Holmes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Post Box Cottage, Hook Park Road, SO31 9HE
- OS grid reference
- SU 503 053
- Coordinates
- 50.84578, -1.28558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Post Box Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed cottage located on Hook Park Road. The eastern end of the cottage features substantial exposed framing, while the western end has lighter framing with infilling of red brick and grey headers. The main facade facing south has been refaced with red brick. The cottage has a thatched roof and is 1 and a half storeys tall, with one dormer and three casement windows that have lozenged glazing. Post Box Cottage and Hook Cottage form a group.
Local climate
Post Box Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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