The Old Post Office House, Raughmere and Raughmere Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. House, cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office House, Raughmere and Raughmere Cottages
- WRENN ID
- turning-cinder-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- House, cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office House, Raughmere and Raughmere Cottages, Chichester Road, Lavant, PO18 0BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 857 082
- Coordinates
- 50.86729, -0.78331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a range of 18th-century cottages located on the west side of Chichester Road in Mid Lavant, near Lavant. The cottages, originally known as "Jo-anne," comprise The Old Post Office House and Raughmere and Raughmere Cottages numbers 1 and 2. The building is constructed of painted brick, with a modillion eaves cornice and a tiled roof. Most of the glazing bars have been lost from the windows. The Old Post Office House, situated at the south end of the range, features a small shop window with plate glass. The property is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Post Office House, Raughmere and Raughmere Cottages receives an average of 840 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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