King's Chocolate Bar Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Town house. 1 related planning application.

King's Chocolate Bar Post Office

WRENN ID
unlit-sandstone-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Town house
Address
King's Chocolate Bar Post Office, 8, High Street, Watlington
OS grid reference
SU 689 945
Coordinates
51.64518, -1.00474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King's Chocolate Bar Post Office is a town house located on Watlington High Street. It features a late 18th-century front that was added to an earlier 18th-century building, with a 17th-century cottage attached to the rear. The structure is built of grey brick in header bond, with red brick quoins and dressings, and has a gabled 20th-century tile roof with brick end stacks. The building is arranged in a U-shape with two rear wings and stands three storeys tall, presenting a three-window range. The front includes 20th-century doors and flanking shop windows, along with a plank door leading to a central passage. There are gauged brick flat arches over horned six- and four-pane sash windows, and dentilled eaves above horned second-floor sashes, except for a late 18th-century six-pane sash window on the left.

The late 18th-century two-storey rear left wing is constructed of Flemish bond brick, featuring a gabled old tile roof and a brick ridge stack, with a plank door and a two-light iron casement window. The 17th-century wing at the rear right is two storeys high and consists of a two-bay range made of square timber framing clad in brick at the front and right, with a timber-framed left outshut and a gabled old tile roof. This section includes a 20th-century door, a two-light iron casement, and one leaded light window to the left. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.

Local climate

King's Chocolate Bar 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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