The Old Posting House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1985. House. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Posting House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-plinth-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Posting House, 12, the Square, Aynho, OX17 3BL
- OS grid reference
- SP 513 332
- Coordinates
- 51.99521, -1.25324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Posting House is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a slate roof with brick stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with two bays. The central doorway has a plain stone surround, a rectangular fanlight, and a 20th-century panelled door. On either side of the doorway are 20th-century windows with concrete lintels. The first-floor windows have plain stone frames and consist of two mullioned and transomed lights with leaded panes. The hipped dormers contain 20th-century casements. The interior has been remodelled in the 20th century. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Posting House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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