The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Post office. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- lesser-foundation-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Old Post Office, Charlton Road, Singleton, Chichester, PO18 0HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 877 132
- Coordinates
- 50.9119, -0.7533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of Charlton Road in Singleton. It is two stories tall and features four windows. The exterior is faced with flints, accented by brick dressings and quoins, all of which are currently painted. The roof is tiled, and the windows are casement style, complete with Venetian shutters.
Local climate
The Old Post Office 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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