The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- south-window-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Village Street, Tarrant Gunville, DT11 8JN
- OS grid reference
- ST 925 128
- Coordinates
- 50.91478, -2.10755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a mid-19th century cottage located on the south side of Village Street in Tarrant Gunville. The building is constructed of banded brick and flint with a slated roof, and features brick stacks to the right end and along the ridge to the left. It is two storeys high with a three-window front. The windows are two-light casements with glazing bars, set within segmental brick heads. A central panelled door is contained within a round-headed porch. The building was formerly the local post office.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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