Post Office and Adjoining Cottage to the West is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Post office, cottage.
Post Office and Adjoining Cottage to the West
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rubblework-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Post office, cottage
- OS grid reference
- SK 265 674
- Coordinates
- 53.20365, -1.60463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Office and adjoining cottage to the west are 18th century buildings that were altered in the 19th century. They are constructed of coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and feature a Westmorland slate roof with two ashlar ridge stacks. The buildings are two storeys high, with the south elevation consisting of four bays. The Post Office has a 19th-century doorway and a 2-light casement window beneath a continuous lintel. To the left, there is a 19th-century shop window. The cottage to the left features a 2-light square section flush mullion window and a doorway with a massive lintel and quoins. Above, there are three 2-light square section flush mullion windows. The Post Office extends around the corner to the right, where there is a 2-light casement window on each floor, with the upper window having a square section flush stone surround. This listing is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Post Office and Adjoining Cottage to the West receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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
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