Post Office House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Post Office House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-ember-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Post Office House, Silver Street, Masham, HG4 4DX
- OS grid reference
- SE 224 808
- Coordinates
- 54.22304, -1.65721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early to mid-19th century house is located on the west side of Silver Street, Masham. The building is constructed of ashlar stone with a graduated stone slate roof. It is three storeys high and has three bays. Chamfered quoins define the corners. A Doric porch with a frieze and pediment shelters a half-glazed door located on the right-hand side of the facade. All windows have plain stone surrounds and raised sills. To the left of the door are two casements. The first floor contains three unequally-hung eight-pane sashes, and the second floor has three casements. Shaped kneelers and ashlar coping adorn the roofline. An end stack is situated on the left-hand side.
Local climate
Post Office House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- 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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