The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. House.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- muted-chancel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Main Street, Fringford
- OS grid reference
- SP 605 288
- Coordinates
- 51.95516, -1.12076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with some 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a steeply pitched thatched roof, along with four brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic, with an attic range that includes four windows.
There are two entrances; the one on the left is blocked and has a wood lintel, while the approximately central entrance features a six-panelled door with a wood frame and wood lintel, along with a 20th-century porch. The ground floor has a single-light 20th-century window with a wood lintel and two three-light wood casements in wood frames, also with wood lintels. The attic contains three two-light similar windows and a 20th-century single-light window.
Notably, there is a tie-bar on the left side and a fire plaque on the right. Flora Thompson, the author of "Lark Rise to Candleford," once worked here when it served as the village post office.
Local climate
The Old Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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