The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Post Office

WRENN ID
under-obsidian-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Post Office, Stanton Harcourt, OX29 5RJ
OS grid reference
SP 415 057
Coordinates
51.74929, -1.4
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office is a house dating from the mid to late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled thatch roof with a stone stack on the left end. The building has a two-unit plan and is one storey high with an attic, presenting a two-window range. There is a timber lintel above a 20th-century three-light casement window, and a hood mould over a 17th-century four-light chamfered stone-mullioned window. Additionally, there is a 20th-century two-light half-dormer casement. A date plaque on the left is illegible. A similar two-light mullioned window is located in the right gable end. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.

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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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