The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- weathered-postern-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Northons Lane, Holbeach, PE12 7PZ
- OS grid reference
- TF 351 253
- Coordinates
- 52.8088, 0.00386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a 1768 cottage with later additions from the mid-19th century and 20th century. It is constructed of red brick with a steeply pitched pantile roof, rendered coped gables, and a single gable stack on the right-hand side. The cottage is single-storied with an attic, and has a three-bay front. The central doorway has a segmental head and a partially glazed door, surrounded by a 20th-century glazed lean-to. Above the doorway, a stone inscription reads "SAS 1768". Flanking the doorway are single three-light sliding sash windows, each with an upper transom, a segmental head, and a raised keystone. Two raking dormers are above the windows, each with a two-light casement. An outshut is located at the rear.
Local climate
The Old Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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