Elizabeth House (The Post Office) is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1983. Post office. 1 related planning application.
Elizabeth House (The Post Office)
- WRENN ID
- outer-beam-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1983
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Elizabeth House (The Post Office), the Street, Meopham, DA13 0AJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 644 660
- Coordinates
- 51.36938, 0.36075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elizabeth House, also known as the Post Office, is a building dating from the 17th century, with a rendered front elevation and a rear wall of red brick. It is L-shaped, and stands two storeys high with attics. A string course steps up above the sash windows, one on either side of the central entrance door. The roof is tiled, incorporating bonnet hips, and features a central chimney. East of the sash windows are two cast iron casements with glazing bars. Above are wooden casements and dormers. A gabled porch, dating from the 19th century, is situated at the front. A single-storey flint-faced projection extends from the rear. Inside, two ingle fireplaces are located within the central chimney stack, and one is in the two-storey wing. Much original timber framing and roof timbers are exposed. The building was used as a workhouse between 1724 and 1834.
Local climate
Elizabeth House (The Post Office) 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- 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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