Holway is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. A C17 Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Holway
- WRENN ID
- eastward-chimney-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Holway, 2, Thorncombe, TA20 4PZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 380 035
- Coordinates
- 50.8279, -2.88059
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The property at Holway is a 17th-century cottage located in Thorncombe Synderford. It is constructed of rubble walls, which have been rendered, and has a 20th-century Roman-tile roof. Brick stacks are situated at each gable. The cottage is two storeys high with a four-window front. There are casement windows with wooden frames and lintels, one featuring square leaded lights and early glass panes. Two thick, semi-circular wall posts are exposed from ground level to eaves. Two plank doors are protected by wooden lintels. Inside, the cottage contains deep-chamfered beams and a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel. A plank door is also present.
Local climate
Holway receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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