The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1966. House.

The Post Office

WRENN ID
guardian-stone-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1966
Type
House
Address
The Post Office, Main Street, Langton
OS grid reference
SE 799 671
Coordinates
54.09424, -0.77924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Post Office is a house dating from the late 18th century, constructed from hammer-dressed limestone with a pantile roof. It features a direct end-entry plan and stands two storeys high, with two windows on the first floor. On the left side, there is a six-fielded-panel door that has a glazed upper panel, accompanied by two two-light Yorkshire sash windows and a casement window to the right, all set beneath keyed cambered arches. The first floor also has two two-light Yorkshire sash windows. The building has gable coping and a shaped kneeler on the right side, along with a ridge stack.

Local climate

The Post Office 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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