The Post Office is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 July 1951. Post office.
The Post Office
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- Post office
- Address
- The Post Office, 31 High Street, Caerleon, NP18 1AE
- OS grid reference
- ST 340 905
- Coordinates
- 51.60945, -2.95381
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Post Office is a building with three storeys, featuring a street elevation made of joint-lined stucco, likely over local rubble stone, and a Welsh slate roof with red brick stacks. The upper storey is probably an addition. The building has a double fronted central entrance plan with a door that includes a rectangular fanlight. To the left of the entrance is a wide 4 over 4 pane sash window. The right side has an altered late 19th century shop front, which includes a 4-light window with a panelled surround and a cornice. On the first floor, there are two 6 over 6 pane sash windows, with the centre window blocked and featuring a sunk panel. The upper floor has smaller 2 over 2 pane sashes. The roof has a low pitch with stacks at either gable. The rear elevation is also rendered, but only the upper wall was visible. The ground floor is entirely an open plan shop, and the interior was not otherwise observed.
Local climate
The Post Office receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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