Hollow Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1981. Cottages. 7 related planning applications.

Hollow Cottages

WRENN ID
fossil-shingle-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thurrock
Constituency
Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 October 1981
Type
Cottages
Address
Hollow Cottages, Church Hollow, RM19 1QP
OS grid reference
TQ 551 783
Coordinates
51.48258, 0.23366
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Hollow Cottages, also known as Purfleet Hollow Cottages, is a terrace of twelve cottages built around 1790. The original terrace was reduced to six cottages in the mid-19th century when some units were combined. Constructed of grey stock brick with a red plain tile roof, the cottages are single-storied and retain a twelve-window range, featuring 19th-century oriel bays with glazing bars and 20th-century metal casement windows. Grey brick chimney stacks are present. The terrace was extended in the mid-19th century with two similar units, which incorporate a lower-pitch roof clad in modern plain tiles and have a four-window range with oriel bays. A 20th-century gabled two-story extension is located at the west end.

Local climate

Hollow Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 23 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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