The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- upper-dormer-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Stour Provost, SP8 5RZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 793 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99264, -2.29596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a cottage dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble and features a thatched, gable-ended roof with end brick stacks. The building has two storeys and a three-window range. On the upper floor, there are two-light casements with glazing bars. The ground floor on the right includes a three-light casement with glazing bars, while the left side has a canted bay window with glazing bars. There is a plain door set within a 20th-century open, gabled porch.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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