Midhurst Cottage and Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Cottage, post office. 4 related planning applications.

Midhurst Cottage and Post Office

WRENN ID
grim-truss-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1987
Type
Cottage, post office
Address
Midhurst Cottage and Post Office, Peter Tavy, West Devon, PL19 9NN
OS grid reference
SX 514 775
Coordinates
50.57918, -4.10016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Midhurst Cottage and Post Office is a pair of cottages that may have originally been several separate cottages. They date from the 18th century and were altered in the 20th century. The building features plastered rubble walls and a hipped slate roof, with a gabled section at the rear. There are three large plastered rubble chimney stacks: one at the left end and two lateral stacks at the rear. The layout consists of two adjoining cottages in a row, with a parallel rear range that is divided between the two properties. It is likely that the building was originally several cottages, based on the arrangement of the stacks and staircases. Currently, each cottage has two principal rooms in the front block, with the Post Office located in the end room of the right-hand cottage.

The exterior is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical six-window front, with four windows belonging to Midhurst Cottage on the left. The windows are 20th-century, two-light small-paned casements. Midhurst Cottage features a 20th-century lean-to porch to the left of centre with a plank door, while the Post Office at the right end has a lean-to entry with a 19th-century plank door. The parallel range at the rear is set in from the left-hand end. Inside Midhurst Cottage, there is an original fireplace with a plain wooden lintel.

Local climate

Midhurst Cottage and Post Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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