Old Post Office Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Old Post Office Cottage

WRENN ID
gentle-flint-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
House
Address
Old Post Office Cottage, Biggs Lane, Dinton-With-Ford and Upton, HP17 8UH
OS grid reference
SP 763 107
Coordinates
51.79021, -0.89394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Post Office Cottage is a house that was formerly three cottages, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of witchert on a rubblestone plinth, and is colourwashed and rendered. The building features thatched roofs with half-hipped gables and has a letter L plan, consisting of a two-bay south range and a three-bay east range, with one and a half storeys.

The south range, which is from the 17th century, has a central door that is blocked by a single light casement. To the left, there is a two-light leaded casement, and to the right, a three-light timber casement. An eaves dormer is located above, with the left-hand eaves dormer containing three leaded lights. The central stack is made of old thin bricks and indicates that the house was formerly designed as a lobby entry plan. The left gable features right-hand two-light casements and a three-light casement to the left.

At the rear, there is a door in the angle with the east range, which is sheltered by a tiled hood, along with two-light casements and one dormer. The east range has a left-hand door on the west elevation and five casement windows, mostly two-light. There are also two two-light eaves dormers. A stack is positioned between the south bays, and the rear or east elevation has a board door in front of the stack, with four ground floor windows and two eaves dormers. One window on the west elevation features a hood mould, and the north gable is finished with weatherboarding.

Local climate

Old Post Office Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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