Lower Holwell is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Lower Holwell
- WRENN ID
- first-terrace-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Holwell, Parkham, EX39 5DJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 374 231
- Coordinates
- 50.98448, -4.31775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Holwell is a house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. It features colourwashed render over stone and cob, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped to the right. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with a six-window range. There is a 20th-century door and porch located to the right of centre. To the left, there are two late 19th-century canted bay windows with plate-glass sashes. The façade includes flat rendered arches above six early 19th-century sixteen-pane sashes, five of which were renewed in the 1980s. At the rear, there is an outshut with a Welsh slate roof, featuring a 20th-century plank door and casements. Although an interior inspection was not possible, it is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
Lower Holwell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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 — 3 transactions since 2011
- 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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