Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. A Georgian House, post office. 3 related planning applications.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- sacred-chalk-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- House, post office
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Post Office, 72 and 74, High Street, Wickwar, GL12 8NP
- OS grid reference
- ST 724 883
- Coordinates
- 51.59317, -2.39947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 19th-century building on Wickwar High Street now serves as a post office and stores. It is constructed of rendered material, treated to resemble ashlar, with a slate roof and brick stacks. The building is three storeys high. Four 16-pane glazing bar sash windows are positioned under brick voussoirs. A 20th-century shopfront is present on the right-hand side. A panelled door is located off-centre to the left, set within a raised, plain surround with a round head, keystone, and imposts.
Local climate
Post Office receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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