The Former Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1981. House.

The Former Post Office

WRENN ID
seventh-transept-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1981
Type
House
Address
The Former Post Office, 31, Corfe Road, Arne
OS grid reference
SY 923 863
Coordinates
50.67678, -2.10913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Post Office is a house that incorporates a former shop, dating from the 18th century. It features plastered stone walls, with the north end wall exposed, and has a slate roof with brick end stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high. The entrance includes a panelled door. On the ground floor, there is one canted bay window with double-hung sashes, along with one canted shop window that has a cornice and ornamental timber columns. The first floor contains four horizontally sliding sash windows with glazing bars. At the south end, there are 20th-century garage doors, and at the north end, there is a brick lean-to. Additionally, there is a two-storeyed rear wing with cob walls and a tiled roof.

Local climate

The Former 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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