The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- iron-stair-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Main Road, Minster Lovell, OX29 0RN
- OS grid reference
- SP 319 112
- Coordinates
- 51.7993, -1.53818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a 17th-century house located on the south side of Minster Lovell Main Road. It is constructed of stone coursed rubble and features a thatched roof that is hipped to the left, with a stone end stack on the right. The building is a single storey with an attic and has a two-window range. In the centre, there is a sash door with a wooden lintel. To the left and right of the door, there are two-light casements, also with wooden lintels. A swept dormer on the right side contains another two-light casement. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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