The Old Post House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Cottage.
The Old Post House
- WRENN ID
- quartered-outpost-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Post House, 32, Main Road, Crick
- OS grid reference
- SP 587 723
- Coordinates
- 52.34601, -1.13827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post House is a cottage dating from the early 18th century, which was remodeled in the early 19th century. The left side is constructed of squared coursed ironstone, while the front and rear were rebuilt in brick around 1810. It features a thatched roof with a central brick stack. The cottage is two storeys high and has two bays. The entrance is located in the left bay and includes a brick porch topped with a thatch roof. The inner doorway has a flat arched brick surround and a four-panel door. To the right of the entrance, there are two three-light casement windows with flat arched brick surrounds. The first floor has three-light casement windows with wooden lintels. The left gable end has stone coping, while the right gable end is finished with tile coping. There is a single-storey 20th-century brick extension to the right. Inside, there is a stop-chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace that has been rebuilt.
Local climate
The Old Post House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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