Old Post Office Cottage, and Bookham is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A Post-Medieval Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Old Post Office Cottage, and Bookham
- WRENN ID
- broken-lime-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Old Post Office Cottage, and Bookham, Newton Lane, Newton Valence, East Hampshire, GU34 3RE
- OS grid reference
- SU 721 327
- Coordinates
- 51.08987, -0.97078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office Cottage and Bookham are a pair of cottages dating back to the 17th century, with substantial alterations in the early 19th century. Their construction incorporates brickwork in both English and Flemish bonds, with a section tile-hung and the east wall rendered. The roof is tiled, featuring hipped ends, a low eavesline at the west end above a boarded outshot, and large, flat-roofed 20th-century dormers on Bookham, alongside smaller dormers on the Old Post Office. The cottages are small and originally timber-framed, forming an L-shaped block. The south elevation of the Old Post Office section has one storey and an attic, with two windows and casement openings. The doorways are plain. Group value is derived from their contribution to the street scene.
Local climate
Old Post Office Cottage, and Bookham receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2011
- 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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