Holloway House the Cottage and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. House, barn. 1 related planning application.
Holloway House the Cottage and Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- vacant-clay-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- Holloway House the Cottage and Attached Barn, the Green, Hornton, OX15 6BZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 392 448
- Coordinates
- 52.10088, -1.42822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holloway House, also known as The Cottage and attached barn, is a house dating from the mid-17th century with 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of squared, coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched thatched roof. The building has a renewed stone ridge and end stacks, with brick shafts. It has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys plus attics high, with a four-window range. There are two entrances; one is off-centre to the left and has a plank door with a square head, hood moulds, and diamond-shaped label stops. The far left entrance features a 20th-century door.
On the ground floor, there is a three-light stone mullioned window and two three-light metal casements. The first floor has two three-light stone mullioned windows along with two- and three-light casements, all with hood moulds and label stops on wooden lintels. The building also has ironstone quoins. The attached barn, dating from the 18th century, is made of squared coursed ironstone and has a steeply pitched thatched roof. It features wide plank doors, a small door, wooden lintels, and a ventilation slit. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Holloway House the Cottage and Attached Barn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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