The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- tired-hearth-marsh
- 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, Church Street, Wroxton, OX15 6PT
- OS grid reference
- SP 416 417
- Coordinates
- 52.07273, -1.39305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is an early 18th-century house located on the west side of Church Street, Wroxton. It is constructed of coursed, squared ironstone with a raised thatched roof and brick end stacks. The house has a two-unit plan and a three-window front. The centrally positioned entrance features a moulded wooden frame and wooden lintel, flanked on either side by 20th-century windows with painted wooden lintels. The first floor has three 20th-century windows also with wooden lintels. Ironstone quoins are present. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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