Holly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1989. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

Holly Cottage

WRENN ID
carved-flue-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1989
Type
House
Address
Holly Cottage, Randolf Lane, Playden, TN31 7PR
OS grid reference
TQ 918 233
Coordinates
50.97725, 0.73089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Cottage is a house likely built in the late 18th century, with an early to mid-19th century addition and 20th century alterations. The front and right side are covered in weatherboard on a late 20th century plinth, while the left side is rendered. The rear is constructed of red brick in Flemish garden wall bond, topped with a plain tile roof. The house has two storeys and three bays, with a parallel 19th century range added to the rear under a separate roof.

On the garden front, there is a central 20th century board door beneath a bracketed tile canopy. Above the door is a two-light window, and on each floor, there are three-light windows flanking the door, all featuring small-sized 20th century wooden casements. There are external stacks at the left end and one on the ridge to the right of the entrance.

At the rear, there is a step up to a central board door, with a fixed nine-pane window to the left and a three-light small-pane 20th century wooden casement window to the right. On the first floor, there are two similar windows, and all ground-floor openings have segmental brick arches. There is a stack at the right end. Inside, the front range features large brick fireplaces with timber bressummers.

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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • 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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