Holly Cottage and Adjoining Dwelling is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Holly Cottage and Adjoining Dwelling
- WRENN ID
- old-clay-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holly Cottage and Adjoining Dwelling, CO9 1TP
- OS grid reference
- TL 782 295
- Coordinates
- 51.93613, 0.59218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Cottage and the adjoining dwelling are two homes that date from the 17th century or earlier, with some later alterations. They are constructed from timber framing and plaster, topped with a red plain tiled roof. The house features a gabled crosswing on the left side and has three red brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys tall with attics in the crosswing, while the right range is one storey high with attics and includes three gabled dormers. The building has a window arrangement of one to two, primarily consisting of 19th-century casements. The crosswing has a four-panelled door with a gabled porch, and the right range features a plank and muntin door.
Local climate
Holly Cottage and Adjoining Dwelling 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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