Post Office and the Village is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

Post Office and the Village

WRENN ID
strange-wicket-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1988
Type
Commercial
Address
Post Office and the Village, Monkokehampton, EX19 8SE
OS grid reference
SS 582 053
Coordinates
50.83064, -4.01456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of houses that include a post office, likely dating from the early 18th century, although firm dating evidence is lacking. The building has walls constructed of rendered cob and rubble, and a hipped thatched roof. There are two brick stacks – one positioned centrally and the other at the right gable end.

The houses are planned with two rooms each. "The Village" section has its right-hand room heated by a central stack, while the Post Office has its right-hand room heated by an end stack. The post office itself is situated within its left-hand room.

The exterior presents an asymmetrical five-window front, dating from the early 20th century, featuring four-pane sash windows, with the exception of a 20th-century fixed window to the left on the ground floor. "The Village" has a 20th-century panelled and glazed door slightly left of centre, and a similar door leads into the right-hand room of the Post Office on the right side. A 20th-century shop window is located centrally, with a matching part-glazed door directly to its right.

The interior shows no early architectural features, although it is possible that some may have been concealed during later work.

Local climate

Post Office and the Village sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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