The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-belfry-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post Office, School Lane, Twyford, MK18 4EY
- OS grid reference
- SP 665 264
- Coordinates
- 51.93277, -1.03369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a cottage dating from the 17th to 18th century, with some alterations. The left gable is made of rubble stone, while the rest of the building is constructed from whitewashed brick. It features a thatched roof with two brick stacks, one located externally on the left gable and the other to the right of the center front. The cottage is one storey with an attic and has two broad bays. The ground floor has 2-light leaded casements with cambered heads, and the upper floor has 3-light casements in thatch; the left window is from the 19th century and has leaded outer panes, while the right window is from the 20th century. Each bay has a door to the right, with the left-hand bay featuring a boarded door and a timber porch. There is also a small lean-to attached to the left gable.
Local climate
The Old Post Office sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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