Holy Island Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Cottage.
Holy Island Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-attic-thrush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Holy Island Cottage, Hexham, NE46 3QL
- OS grid reference
- NY 933 643
- Coordinates
- 54.97384, -2.10556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holy Island Cottage, dated 1737, is a two-storey building featuring one window on the ground floor and two on the upper floor. It is constructed of stone with a rendered front and has glazing bar sash windows. The door is positioned to the left of center and has chamfered reveals, with a lintel that is carved with "T.K.B." above "1737". Holy Island Cottage is part of a group that includes Holy Island House and Nos 45 to 49 (odd) Gilesgate, as well as Nos 1 to 5 Giles Place, which are of local interest.
Local climate
Holy Island Cottage 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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