Former Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Shop, dwelling. 2 related planning applications.

Former Post Office

WRENN ID
hidden-steeple-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1988
Type
Shop, dwelling
Address
Former Post Office, Phoenix House, Mill Hill, Brockweir, Hewelsfield and Brockweir, NP16 7NN
OS grid reference
SO 539 011
Coordinates
51.70721, -2.66763
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former Post Office, now a dwelling and shop, dates back to the 16th century but was significantly remodeled in the 19th century. The building is rendered with a double-roman tile roof and features a brick gable stack on the left. Facing the road, it has two storeys and a three-windowed front, all from the 19th century. This includes three eight-pane sash windows above one 12-pane fixed sash that incorporates a post-box, along with a three-light shop front, a 20th-century door with a transom light, and another 12-pane sash window.

On the left side, there is a four-pane casement window beneath a similar window. A blocked light is visible under a dripstone, and there is a 19th-century lean-to structure at the back. The rear features a two-light mullioned casement, which is partially hidden by the lean-to roof. This wall also has a two-light cusped casement with a drip over the remains of a similar window that is now blocked, reminiscent of work found in the Malt House.

Inside, the building boasts a large stone bressummer fireplace with stone cheeks, a stone spiral staircase, and a fine 17th-century door made from panelling, along with stop-chamfered beams. The unremarkable exterior conceals important historical fragments.

Local climate

Former Post Office receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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