Old Post Office, Meikleour is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage.
Old Post Office, Meikleour
- WRENN ID
- north-truss-crag
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NO 157 395
- Coordinates
- 56.5401, -3.37123
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Post Office in Meikleour is a single-storey domestic building constructed from rubble and covered with a slated roof. It is designed in a picturesque cottage style and dates from around 1820 to 1830. In 2006, it was re-categorised from grade B to grade C(S) due to its group interest. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, as is appropriate for its type.
Local climate
Old Post Office, Meikleour sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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