The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- other-loggia-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Icomb, GL54 1JD
- OS grid reference
- SP 212 226
- Coordinates
- 51.90226, -1.69185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house located within a row in Icomb village, dating to the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone and sandstone, with a concrete tile roof and ashlar stacks. The house has a rectangular plan and is two storeys high with an attic, which is lit by a 20th-century two-light dormer window.
The front facade is symmetrical and features a two-window arrangement. It contains three-light wooden casement windows with timber lintels and horizontal glazing bars. A wide, early to mid-18th century door is centrally positioned; it was originally panelled with six fielded panels, though the upper two panels are now glazed, and has a timber lintel.
A stair projection extends to the rear right, displaying two single-light windows, one on each floor. The ground floor window has a hollow-chamfered stone surround, while the upper floor window has a flat-chamfered stone surround with leaded panes. There are gable-end stacks, one of which has been reduced to a stump and has a moulded capping. The interior of the property has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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