The Old Post House and Number 8 is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Residential. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Post House and Number 8
- WRENN ID
- over-pewter-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Old Post House and Number 8, Chapel Row, Cropredy, OX17 1NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 468 468
- Coordinates
- 52.11796, -1.31715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post House and Number 8 are two houses dating to the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Old Post House is constructed of squared, coursed ironstone, with a continuous slate roof. It has a brick ridge stack and a two-unit plan. The building is two storeys high, featuring a two-window range. An approximately central entrance has a 20th-century door and surround, flanked by ground-floor four-light metal casement windows with wooden lintels. The first floor has two similar three-light windows. Wrought-iron casement fasteners and springs are present. The interior has not been inspected.
Number 8 is built of coursed ironstone rubble with a continuous slate roof shared with The Old Post House. It has a one-unit plan, is two storeys high, and features a one-window range. The entrance on the left side has a 20th-century door, a moulded wooden frame, and a rustic porch. A four-light metal casement window with a wooden lintel is to the right, and a three-light metal casement with a wooden lintel is on the first floor. Ironstone quoins are also present. The interior of Number 8 has not been inspected. The buildings are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
The Old Post House and Number 8 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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