The Cottage the Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. House.
The Cottage the Post Office
- WRENN ID
- cold-cloister-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage the Post Office, High Street, Lamport, NN6 9HB
- OS grid reference
- SP 756 745
- Coordinates
- 52.36348, -0.88995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage and the Post Office are two houses that date from the early to mid 18th century. They are constructed of squared coursed lias and feature a slate roof. Originally, each house had a two-unit plan and they are both two storeys high with an attic. Together, they create a three-window range that includes various 19th-century casements. On the left, there is a 20th-century door with a flat arch. The buildings have ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, and there is one 19th-century roof dormer. Brick and stone stacks are located at the ridge and ends. A straight joint on the left indicates that there were two separate builds. To the right, there is a 19th-century extension with a one-window range. Gable porches from the 19th century can be found on both the left and right elevations. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
The Cottage the Post Office 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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