The Old Post Office and Wash House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office and Wash House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-facade-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office and Wash House, Little Rissington, GL54 2ND
- OS grid reference
- SP 191 198
- Coordinates
- 51.87698, -1.72324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century detached cottage and wash house in Little Rissington. The main body of the cottage is constructed of coursed squared and finely dressed limestone, with a stone slate roof. A slate roof covers the wash house. Ashlar and artificial stone stacks rise from the main body, while a brick stack serves the wash house. The rectangular main body has extensions at both gable ends. The wash house is set at a right angle to the right-hand gable extension.
The front of the main cottage has a three-window facade, including a matching extension to the right. It features two 4-light stone mullioned windows with stone slab roofs on the ground floor, a single 2-light stone mullioned casement in the right gable extension, and two 3-light and one 2-light stone mullioned casements on the first floor. All casements on the main body have horizontal glazing bars. A central 19th century six-panel door is flanked by a flat-chamfered surround and a continuous hoodmould. To the right, a 19th century plank door with a single glazed panel provides access to an extension that previously functioned as a store with a granary above. Two-light casements are located on the first floor of the store extension. A double-width entrance, inserted in the 20th century with a timber lintel, is also on the ground floor. The single-storey wash house has a part-glazed 4-panel door and a 2-light wooden casement. Gable-end and axial stacks are present. Flat coping is visible at the left gable end of the main body. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Post Office and Wash House 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 2006
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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