The Old Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post Office
- WRENN ID
- waning-remnant-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post Office, High Street, Everdon
- OS grid reference
- SP 594 574
- Coordinates
- 52.21237, -1.13161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post Office is a house dated 1788, located on the north side of Everdon High Street. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a slate roof and brick end stacks. The building features a central staircase plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range. The central entrance consists of a part-glazed door framed by a moulded wood surround and a timber lintel, with a horned sash window above the door. To the left and right of the entrance, there are tripartite horned sash windows on both the ground and first floors, all featuring timber lintels. The exterior includes a chamfered plinth, moulded stone eaves, and stone coped gables with kneelers. A datestone inscribed L/M/1788 is located in the right gable. Inside, the building has stop-chamfered spine beams.
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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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