Holly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Holly Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sharp-fireplace-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Holly Cottage, Water Lane, TQ2 7HW
- OS grid reference
- SX 894 656
- Coordinates
- 50.48048, -3.55983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Cottage is a house, probably dating to the late 18th century, and altered and extended in the late 20th century. It is constructed of plastered cob with a thatched roof, hipped at the ends, and has an end stack. Originally, it faced the road and adjoined Fern Bank (listed separately). It may have originally been an outbuilding to Fern Bank.
The building is single-storey with an attic. The front elevation is asymmetrical, with three ground-floor windows featuring small-pane timber casements, and a thatched eyebrow over one attic window. There are two windows in the end wall. Extensions have been added to the rear and left side, joining an adjoining wing. The interior has been altered, including the relocation of the stair, though it has not been inspected. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Holly Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2001
- 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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