Holbeche House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Holbeche House
- WRENN ID
- leaning-eave-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holbeche House, Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford, DY6 7DA
- OS grid reference
- SO 884 904
- Coordinates
- 52.51219, -2.17132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holbeche House, built around 1600 and largely refaced in the early 19th century, is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed of stucco. It features three bays, with the sides projecting and topped with Dutch gables. The façade includes five windows with rustic glazing and hood moulds, an arched rusticated porch, two dormers, early 19th-century stacks, and one restored stack with diagonal brick shafts, all covered with old tiles. Inside, the original fabric remains, including notable panelling in the ground floor room at the north-west corner.
This house is historically significant as it is directly linked to the Gunpowder Plot. It was the home of Stephen Littleton and served as the last refuge for the conspirators, where their leader, Robert Catesby, was killed and others were arrested.
Local climate
Holbeche House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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