Old Post House is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. House.
Old Post House
- WRENN ID
- late-buttress-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Post House, the Street, Petham, CT4 5QY
- OS grid reference
- TR 127 513
- Coordinates
- 51.22193, 1.04567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post House is an early 19th-century building that was formerly a post office. It consists of two parallel ranges and is built of red brick with grey headers, standing two storeys high. The building features two windows on the upper floor, which are sash windows, and there are two later additions in the form of bays on the ground floor. The entrance is marked by a simple doorcase. This building is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Old Post House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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