The Old Post Office Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage.
The Old Post Office Cottage
- WRENN ID
- noble-lintel-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office Cottage, Longstock
- OS grid reference
- SU 359 371
- Coordinates
- 51.13231, -1.48722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office Cottage is a cottage that was originally a pair of homes and a post office. It has a core from the 17th century and was rebuilt in the 18th century in two phases. The structure features a timber frame encased in brick and has a thatched roof. The 17th-century core is rebuilt to 1½ storeys and consists of three bays, with the left bay being taller and larger. There is a planked door in the left bay with a segmental head and a buttress to its left. The left bay also has a three-light segmental casement window, while the other bay contains either a two or three-light casement window. Additionally, there is a large two-light casement window in an eyebrow dormer and an 18th-century three-light casement in the left bay. The roof is hipped, featuring a ridge piece and a stack located to the left of center, with the ridge and eaves being higher on the left side.
Local climate
The Old Post Office Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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