Holly Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. A Late C17 House. 2 related planning applications.

Holly Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-porch-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1987
Type
House
Address
Holly Tree Cottage, Eaton Road, Besselsleigh, OX13 5PX
OS grid reference
SP 458 018
Coordinates
51.71366, -1.33765
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Tree Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed from uncoursed limestone rubble and features a gabled thatch roof with brick ridge and end stacks. The cottage has a three-unit plan and is one storey with an attic, presenting a two-window range. There are timber lintels above a 19th-century plank door to the right and another 19th-century plank door in a chamfered architrave to the left of the centre. To the left, there is a 20th-century window with timber lintels, and to the right, a 18th-century three-light wood-mullioned window. A bread-oven projection is located adjacent to the ridge stack on the right side of the cottage. The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted to have chamfered beams and an open fireplace.

Local climate

Holly Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
  • 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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