The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. House.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- muted-barrel-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Denchworth Road, Grove
- OS grid reference
- SU 401 904
- Coordinates
- 51.61168, -1.42175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house dating from the 17th century. It features small timber-framing with rendered infill, and the cross-wing on the left has small timber-framing with 20th-century brick infill. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there is a brick ridge stack located to the left of the center and an end stack on the right. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range with a cross-wing to the left. There is a four-panel door situated to the left of the center, and all openings have three-light wood casements, except for a two-light casement on the first floor to the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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