Ivy Cottage the Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. House.
Ivy Cottage the Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- keen-gravel-mist
- 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
- Ivy Cottage the Old Post Office, High Street, Collyweston
- OS grid reference
- SK 996 027
- Coordinates
- 52.61368, -0.5301
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Cottage and The Old Post Office are two houses located on Collyweston High Street, dating from the early 18th century and 19th century. They are built from squared coursed limestone and feature Collyweston slate roofs. Originally, each house had a two-unit plan and they form a four-window range, showcasing 19th-century three-paned sash windows with wood lintels. The attic also has similar windows beneath hipped eaves dormers. The ground floor window to the right of the center was originally a shop window. The entrance to Ivy Cottage on the left has a part-glazed 19th-century door, while The Old Post Office on the right has two four-panel doors, all set under wood lintels. There is a central open entry that provides access to the rear, also beneath a wood lintel. The houses have brick and stone stacks at the ridge and ends, with 19th-century extensions at the rear. Inside Ivy Cottage, there is a chamfered spine beam.
Local climate
Ivy Cottage the Old Post Office 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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