Holmwood House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1996. House. 9 related planning applications.
Holmwood House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-hall-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1996
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holmwood House, White Cross Road, Swaffham, PE37 7QY
- OS grid reference
- TF 823 086
- Coordinates
- 52.64471, 0.69424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holmwood House, formerly known as Ey House, is a house built in 1846. It is constructed of yellow brick and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a rectangular shape with three by four bays. The corners are defined by paired pilaster strips, and the windows are recessed. The central bay of the west return also has paired pilaster strips and a pediment. The entrance features a rusticated brick doorcase beneath an entablature. The windows are fitted with 6/6 unhorned sashes, which have stuccoed aprons and gauged skewback arches. The roof is hipped and has three square stacks.
Inside, the staircase hall includes an open screen on the landing and a curved open-well staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail. There is a contemporary marble fireplace, along with two late 18th-century coloured marble fireplaces that have been reused. The interior also contains contemporary doors and door surrounds.
Local climate
Holmwood House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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