The Old Post House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Post House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-alcove-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Post House, Front Street, Topcliffe, YO7 3RJ
- OS grid reference
- SE 400 760
- Coordinates
- 54.17907, -1.38794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Post House is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with later alterations. It has a stucco exterior and a pantile roof, standing two storeys high with two bays. The central entrance features a four-panel door with an overlight above. To the right, there is a small late 19th-century shop window that includes a plinth, frieze, and cornice. The other windows are four-pane sashes set on stone sills. There is a band at the first floor and an eaves band. The building has shaped kneelers, stone coping, and rendered end stacks. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Post House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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