Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- inner-iron-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Post Office, East End, Swerford, OX7 4BG
- OS grid reference
- SP 377 312
- Coordinates
- 51.97857, -1.45243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house dating from the early to late 18th century. It is constructed of banded marlstone and limestone rubble, featuring coursed squared marlstone and a concrete plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan that has been extended to three units and stands two storeys high plus an attic.
The front has three windows, with the two bays on the right being earlier in date. These bays include a doorway situated between flat-arched casements, although the left casement is now blocked. On the first floor, the left of the two tall windows has chamfered lintels and has been reduced in size. The added bay on the left is made of squared marlstone and features a tall casement at ground level with a limestone lintel, along with a 9-pane sash window above it. The roof is topped with gable parapets. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Old Post Office receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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