The Post Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Post Cottage
- WRENN ID
- worn-column-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Post Cottage, Church Street, Hovingham, YO62 4JX
- OS grid reference
- SE 667 757
- Coordinates
- 54.17321, -0.97948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Post Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century, with 20th-century restoration. It is constructed of hammer-dressed limestone and has a replacement pantile roof. The entrance has been relocated from the right side of the front facade to the right gable end. The building is two storeys high and features two first-floor windows. On the left side, there is a replacement sash window with glazing bars beneath a timber lintel, while a 20th-century bow window is located on the right. The first floor has replacement sashes with glazing bars under timber lintels. There is a fire insurance plaque on the right side. The end stacks are present, with the left end stack having been rebuilt. A single-storey range to the left is not of special interest. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Post Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2005
- 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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