Former Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1970. A C18 House.
Former Post Office
- WRENN ID
- dark-flue-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Former Post Office, 20, High Street, Wincanton, BA9 9JF
- OS grid reference
- ST 714 286
- Coordinates
- 51.0567, -2.40901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Post Office is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with well-burnt headers and features ashlar stone dressings. The roof is covered with plain clay tiles and has simple gables, along with brick end chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high with attics and consists of three wide bays.
At the base, there is a stone rubble plinth and rusticated quoins, topped with an eaves cornice. The windows are 12-pane sash types set in architraved surrounds, with the upper bays one and three featuring these windows, and bay three on the lower level having a doubled version. Upper bay two has a small matching semi-circular head window with an architrave and keystone.
On the lower level, bay one has a pair of 19th-century glazed doors flanked by slim sidelights, all within an architrave. Bay two features a wide four flush panel door set in a semi-circular sub-arch with an impost, and the architrave has a triple keystone over a radial glazed fanlight. This is flanked by reeded Corinthian pilasters with an entablature above and a full pediment, which is notably high in proportion. The interior has not been seen. This building previously served as the Post Office.
Local climate
Former Post Office receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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