Holy Island House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
Holy Island House
- WRENN ID
- small-baluster-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holy Island House, Hexham, NE46 3QL
- OS grid reference
- NY 933 643
- Coordinates
- 54.97373, -2.10553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holy Island House, dated 1657, is a two-storey and attic dwelling on Holy Island. It was formerly known as No 2 (Holy Island Cottage). The exterior is built of rubble with decorative strings above the ground and first floors, and kneelers to the slate roof verges. Exposed beam ends mark the floor levels. The first-floor windows are glazing bar sashes, replacing earlier windows, while the ground floor retains two-, four-, two- and four-light mullioned windows. Two gabled dormers, each with four lights and kneelers, light the attic. The central doorway has a four-centred arched head, with a raised string and a carved lintel reading "T.K.B. over "1657". Three later brick chimneys have been added to the roof. A window is also present in the north gable end of the second floor.
At the rear, steps lead to the centre of the first floor.
Inside, the south ground-floor room contains a notably wide fireplace with moulded reveals, the lintel being cracked and repaired. The second floor retains three upper cruck roof timbers, with peg-supported purlins. A small, decorative door on the second floor features hammered patterns and moulded details.
Holy Island House is part of a group with Holy Island Cottage and numbers 45 to 49 (odd) Gilesgate, alongside Giles Place (numbers 1 to 5) Giles Place, which are of local interest.
Local climate
Holy Island House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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