The Old Bakery the Post Office Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1973. A C18 Bakery, shop. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Bakery the Post Office Stores
- WRENN ID
- watchful-railing-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1973
- Type
- Bakery, shop
- Address
- The Old Bakery the Post Office Stores, the Street, Pluckley, TN27 0SJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 925 454
- Coordinates
- 51.17545, 0.75348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakery and The Post Office Stores comprise a building with a probable mediaeval core, its exterior largely dating to the 18th century. It is two storeys high, with a ground floor of painted brick and an upper floor clad in tiles. The roof is hipped and tiled. The fenestration consists of six Dering windows. A two-bay projection is present at the north-west end, and a central two-storeyed bay is set back. A 19th-century post office shop-front extends from the ground floor at the south-east end. The Old Bakery contains a 19th-century iron range and an inglenook fireplace. The front steps are constructed from Bethersden marble, and the step to the back door is a mill stone.
Local climate
The Old Bakery the Post Office Stores 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- 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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