The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- vast-nave-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office, 7 and 11, the Street, Westonbirt with Lasborough, GL8 8QT
- OS grid reference
- ST 857 894
- Coordinates
- 51.60376, -2.2067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building, originally three adjoining cottages, now converted into two. It was likely built between 1854 and 1856 by architect Lewis Vulliamy as part of the redevelopment of Westonbirt Village by Robert Stayner Holford in preparation for the construction of Westonbirt House.
The building features coursed stone construction with a stone slate roof and stone end and ridge stacks, some of which date from the 20th century. It is a single long range with rear extensions and a projecting gabled wing to the right of the center. The structure has four unevenly sized gables, including the projecting wing, and is adorned with scattered single- or two-light stone mullions that hold leaded casements, all topped with square hoodmoulds. The ground floor includes two projecting porches with steep gables, kneelers, and chamfered Tudor arches. Although it has been slightly altered, The Old Post Office is significant as part of the rebuilt village group, which includes numbers 15-29 on the odd side of the street.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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