The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1977. Residential. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- worn-step-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1977
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Hale, SP6 2ND
- OS grid reference
- SU 192 191
- Coordinates
- 50.97126, -1.72786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a two-cottage dwelling, likely dating from the early 18th century, though more probably from the early 19th century, with later additions to the rear. The walls are rendered cob set upon a brick plinth, and the roof is thatched. The building is single-storied and consists of eight bays, four per original cottage. The right-hand half of the building remains largely unaltered, except for a 20th-century door that replaces the original in the second bay from the right end. There are three two-light casement windows beneath drip moulds. The left-hand half of the building has a door and window that have been replaced by a single-light window. The roof is hipped, with a central ridge stack and a stack on the right-hand hip.
Local climate
The Old Post Office receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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