Long House, Old Post Office and the Old School House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Long House, Old Post Office and the Old School House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-vault-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Long House, Old Post Office and the Old School House, Hogg End, Chipping Warden and Edgcote, OX17 1JU
- OS grid reference
- SP 498 487
- Coordinates
- 52.13477, -1.27277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Long House, Old Post Office Cottage, and The Old School House are three cottages that form part of a row, dating from the early to mid-18th century. The Long House was altered in the late 20th century. They are constructed from coursed ironstone with thatched roofs, although the Long House features artificial slates and brick stacks.
The Old School House has a two-unit through passage plan with a later addition at the rear, while the Old Post Office Cottage also has a two-unit plan. The Long House is designed in an L-shape. Each cottage has two storeys and a two-window range. The Old School House features a central flush six-panelled part-glazed door and leaded light casements. The Old Post Office Cottage has a 19th-century plank door on the right and a small 19th-century shop window with two shaped lights and glazing bars. The first floor has wood and iron casements with numerous glazing bars, and there is a curved bread oven projection on the right. The Long House includes a late 20th-century door and leaded light casements, with wood lintels, mostly painted, throughout. The right return side of The Long House displays irregular fenestration and three flat-roofed dormers. At the rear, The Old School House has a 19th-century brick wing and an old single panel door.
Inside, The Old School House features an open fireplace and winder stairs, with stud partitions and old plank and panel doors. The Old Post Office Cottage is noted for having an open fireplace. These cottages are grouped with the nearby church and market cross base.
Local climate
Long House, Old Post Office and the Old School 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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