Holly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Holly Cottage
- WRENN ID
- twisted-pavement-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Holly Cottage, 5, Maldon Road, Danbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 784 051
- Coordinates
- 51.71651, 0.58249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Cottage is an 18th to 19th century timber-framed and plastered cottage located at right angles to the range that includes Nos 1 and 3. The cottage has been renovated and altered in the 20th century and features one storey with attics. The windows are primarily 20th century wooden casements, and there is a 20th century bay window that projects from the front. The roof is tiled and has a mansard style with two flat-headed dormers. Holly Cottage is included for its group value with Adam's Cottage (No 1, Myra Cottage), No 3 (Blacksmiths Cottage), and Nos 24, 24A, 26 (Kyrtles Cottage), and Hill House.
Local climate
Holly Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 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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