The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1974. Cottage and shop.

The Post Office

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1974
Type
Cottage and shop
Address
The Post Office, Village Street, Tarrant Keyneston
OS grid reference
ST 932 046
Coordinates
50.84095, -2.09764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Post Office is a cottage that has been converted into a cottage and shop, dating from the 18th century. It features rendered and whitewashed walls with thatched roofs. The building is one and a half storeys tall and has a three-window range, with 2-light casements that include horizontal glazing bars. There is a 20th-century plank door. To the right, there is a shop extension. The attached cottage on the right is not considered to be of special interest.

Local climate

The 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 greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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