The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- south-spire-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Chapel Street, Hook Norton, OX15 5ND
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 333
- Coordinates
- 51.99743, -1.48162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house dating from the 17th century, located on Chapel Street in Hook Norton. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble with a 20th-century tile roof. A brick stack is positioned on the left gable end, and the roof has a steep pitch. The front elevation features two ground-floor windows on either side of the entrance. The left window has renewed stone surrounds containing a 3-light casement with a hood mould featuring label stops. A 20th-century window, formerly an entrance for the post office, is located to the right. The first-floor level has a 3-light stone mullioned window with a hood mould and label stops on the left, alongside a 3-light casement set within stone surrounds on the right. The rear displays 2- and 3-light stone mullioned windows, each with a hood mould and label stops. The interior includes an inglenook fireplace within the parlour and a 20th-century staircase. A datestone bearing the inscription "P/1676/TM" is present, attributed to Thomas Parran, who, according to records from 1687, held the office of 'over cerare pore'.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- 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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