The Post Master's House is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. House.
The Post Master's House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-obsidian-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post Master's House, Station Road, Cowfold
- OS grid reference
- TQ 212 226
- Coordinates
- 50.99048, -0.27386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Master's House is a 17th century timber-framed building that was formerly two cottages. It stands two storeys high and features three windows. The eastern section has red brick infilling on the ground floor and is faced with weather-boarding above. The western section is of a higher elevation and is entirely made of red brick, which may be a later addition or a refacing. The building has a tiled roof and casement windows, along with a doorway that has a pediment-shaped hood.
Local climate
The Post Master's House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
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