Post Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Post Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-spandrel-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Post Cottage, 12, Wakerley Road, Harringworth, NN17 3AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 921 973
- Coordinates
- 52.56626, -0.64173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Post Cottage is an 18th-century house that was restored in the 20th century. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and has a thatched roof. Originally, the house was arranged with a 3-unit plan and it is a single storey building with an attic. The front has a 4-window range of 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars, set beneath eyebrow dormers. There are three similar windows on the ground floor, also with 20th-century lintels. A 20th-century door, with a wooden porch, is located to the right of the centre of the building. A blocked door is visible to the far right. Brick stacks are present at the ridge and at the end of the building. A straight jamb on the left side of the building indicates a different construction of the end bay. The interior was not inspected, but it likely retains remains of an open fireplace. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Post Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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