Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Post office. 9 related planning applications.
Post Office
- WRENN ID
- slow-arch-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1983
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- Post Office, 9 Market Place, Frome, BA11 1AB
- OS grid reference
- ST 776 480
- Coordinates
- 51.23157, -2.32116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a post office building of the mid-19th century, located on the north-west side of Market Place. It is a large, three-storey building constructed of ashlar, originally with three bays and later extended by two. The roof is hipped and slate-covered, with brackets at the eaves. The front of the building appears to align with that of number 8. Horizontal bands delineate the floors. Cross-glazed sash windows have bracketed sills and a single pilaster strip dividing the panes. A 20th-century lobby was added to the right of centre. The building is listed for its contribution to the group value of the surrounding area.
Local climate
Post Office receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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