Hollowbank House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1989. House.

Hollowbank House

WRENN ID
strange-fireplace-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 February 1989
Type
House
Address
Hollowbank House, Minterne Magna
OS grid reference
ST 658 044
Coordinates
50.83834, -2.48567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hollowbank House is a detached house set in grounds, formerly a rectory, built in the early 19th century for Admiral Digby. The house features rough render and a slate roof, showcasing a handsome Regency style with a low pitched roof that drops into a central flat. It has a two-room depth and an L-plan entrance hall leading to a staircase on the left side, with a small service wing at the back left.

The house is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window front, featuring original 16-pane sash windows that have been painted over a blank panel above a square flat-roofed porch. This porch includes a cornice and blocking course, with a flight of steps leading to a pair of part-glazed panelled doors. Inside, there is an inner panelled door with a fanlight.

On the right side of the return elevation, there are three 16-pane sashes above two others, while the left side has a large 24-pane staircase sash with a small single light, followed by the service wing which has a 16-pane window above a two-light casement and a panelled door under lean-to roofs. The back of the house features two 16-pane sashes above one, and there is a low brick addition with a hipped roof covering the stair to a small basement. The house has deep eaves supported by wide-spaced brackets and three brick stacks. The ground floor windows are larger than those above. The interior has not been inspected but is believed to retain the original dog-leg stair with a wreathed handrail and decorative spandrels.

Local climate

Hollowbank House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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