Holly Bank Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1985. A C17 Farmhouse.

Holly Bank Farm

WRENN ID
tilted-thatch-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Holly Bank Farm, School Lane, Marton
OS grid reference
SJ 851 691
Coordinates
53.2191, -2.22321
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Bank Farm is a farmhouse dating from the mid-17th century, with 19th-century additions and alterations. It is constructed of timber framing with whitewashed brick infill and has a tiled roof. The layout follows a three-cell baffle-entry plan.

The entrance front features a stone plinth, with a door located centrally, set within a framework of 13 by 3 small framing cells, complete with angle braces at the corners and at the fifth and thirteenth uprights. The ground floor has two and three-light 19th-century casement windows. Above, there is a mezzanine 2-light staircase window and three 3-light gabled dormers. Flanking the main structure are two-storey additions from the 19th century; the right addition has a gabled roof and cambered headed windows, while the left addition features flat lintels.

At the rear, there are 19th-century additions on both sides and a 20th-century outshut to the left of centre. The timber-framed section to the right of centre has 5 by 3 small framing cells and angle braces on the second post from the left. Inside, the ground floor displays chamfered beams, and the first floor has a queen post truss with angle braces, struts, and wind-bracing.

Local climate

Holly Bank Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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