The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A C17 Estate house.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- grim-casement-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Estate house
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Broadhembury
- OS grid reference
- ST 101 047
- Coordinates
- 50.83569, -3.27769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is an estate house located on the north side of Broadhembury village. It likely dates from the 17th century or earlier, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is creamwashed and rendered, featuring a thatched roof with a plain ridge and an axial stack.
It is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with three windows. The approximately central front door is a plank style from the 19th or 20th century, and the thatch above the eaves is eyebrowed over two first-floor windows from the same period. To the right, there are large paired timber doors. The front door is flanked by three-light timber windows with glazing bars, while the left first-floor window is similar. The right first-floor window and the right ground-floor window are 20th-century two-light casements with square leaded panes.
Although the interior was not inspected, it may contain interesting features. The Old Post Office is situated in a remarkably well-preserved estate village known for its thatched houses and cottages.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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