The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. Post office. 1 related planning application.
The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-hinge-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office, 17, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JG
- OS grid reference
- SU 760 830
- Coordinates
- 51.54114, -0.90526
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office is a late 18th century building located on the west side of Northfield End. Its facade mirrors the design of the Sydney House Hotel but features some asymmetrical elements. The building is constructed of painted brick and has a bracketed eaves cornice with an old tiled roof. It stands three storeys tall with three windows, all of which are sash windows with glazing bars.
At the center, there is a two-storey bay, along with an additional first-floor bay that has an enriched frieze band above what used to be a stable entrance, now replaced by a shop front. A door on the south side features a label, moulded architrave, and fanlight, with a bas relief above it that consists of six panels.
The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 11 (odd) and 15 to 25 (odd), along with Denmark House, Elm House, Ruperts Elm, Ruperts Guard, White House, the Obelisk, and No 30. It also forms a group with Nos 93 and 95, as well as Nos 70 to 102 (even), the building at the rear of No 70 Bell Street, and Tarrys Cottage, Bell Cottage, and the flat on Ruperts Lane.
Local climate
The Shrubberies and Northfield End Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- 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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