Wincanton Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Wincanton Post Office
- WRENN ID
- winter-tin-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wincanton Post Office, 6, Market Place, BA9 9LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 712 286
- Coordinates
- 51.05604, -2.41167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wincanton Post Office is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of local stone with a rendered finish and ashlar dressings, all of which are colourwashed. The building features a plain clay tile roof behind a parapet and stands three stories high with three bays.
The exterior includes 16-pane sash windows, with pairs located in the outer bays of the first and ground floors. The ground floor windows have had their glazing bars removed, and the plain mullions have been replaced with circular cast iron columns. There are no windows in the second bay on the first floor. The central doorway consists of a pair of part-glazed doors under a fanlight, set within an elliptical arch that has a plain surround, impost blocks, and a keystone. The parapet is designed to create an open pediment in the center, which features a blank circular plaque.
The return elevation facing Mill Street has a random arrangement of windows from various periods. The interior has been significantly altered at the ground floor level, while the remainder of the interior has not been seen. The building occupies an important position in the heart of the town.
Local climate
Wincanton 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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