R and L Holts Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Post office. 1 related planning application.

R and L Holts Post Office

WRENN ID
grey-belfry-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1983
Type
Post office
Address
R and L Holts Post Office, Bell Lane, Blockley, GL56 9BB
OS grid reference
SP 163 349
Coordinates
52.01295, -1.76256
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

R and L Holts Post Office is a former service wing to Paxton House, built around the 1830s. The building is two storeys high and constructed of rubble, set back from the villa with its ridge aligned with the villa's eaves. It features a slate roof that is hipped to the left. The facade includes three windows with glazing bar sashes, and there is a shop front on the ground floor to the left. To the right, there is an arched doorway with a modern door. A band runs over the ground floor, and there are three windows on the return side.

Local climate

R and L Holts Post Office receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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