Mallards Cottage and the Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Mallards Cottage and the Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- standing-fireplace-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Mallards Cottage and the Old Post Office, High Street, Childrey, OX12 9UE
- OS grid reference
- SU 361 875
- Coordinates
- 51.5857, -1.47913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mallards Cottage and The Old Post Office is a house that has been divided into two homes, dating from the early 17th century. The front is roughcast over square timber framing, with diagonal braces visible on the right gable and rear. It features a thatched roof and brick stacks, following a three-unit lobby-entry plan, although the door is covered over. The building is two stories high with a three-window range of 20th-century casements. There is a 20th-century door to the left for Mallards Cottage, while The Old Post Office is accessed through a 20th-century extension on the right. The roof is both hipped and gabled, with ridge and end stacks. Inside, The Old Post Office has chamfered and stopped beams, along with an open fireplace in the right room. The stairs were originally next to the stack and opposite the entry. The roof features queen posts with clasped purlins and windbraces. The interior of Mallards Cottage has not been inspected.
Local climate
Mallards Cottage and the Old Post Office receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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