Holmes Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1975. House. 3 related planning applications.
Holmes Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-hammer-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holmes Cottage, Holmes Lane, Hanbury, B60 4HH
- OS grid reference
- SO 962 651
- Coordinates
- 52.28444, -2.0558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holmes Cottage is a 17th-century house that was restored in the mid-20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with rendered infill, brick replacement walling, and a thatched roof that is hipped at the east end. The house consists of three framed bays and has a rebuilt external chimney with offsets and a detached stack located at the west gable end and rear east bay. It is a single storey with an attic that includes dormers.
The wall framing includes some replacement timber, with three panels extending from the sill to the wall-plate, short straight upper braces, and collar and tie-beam trusses, which are truncated at the east end. The west end truss has two struts supporting the collar.
On the front elevation facing south, the windows are 20th-century leaded casements. The ground floor features a pair of two-light windows in the west bay, a two-light window in the right bay, and an eyebrow dormer with a two-light casement in each bay. The central entrance includes a 20th-century thatched timber-framed porch and a stable door. There are also attic lights in the gable ends.
The interior has not been inspected, and there is a large 20th-century extension at the rear.
Local climate
Holmes Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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