Holywell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. A C17 House.
Holywell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quiet-gallery-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holywell Cottage, 1, Holywell Road, Wotton-Under-Edge
- OS grid reference
- ST 763 937
- Coordinates
- 51.64205, -2.34318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holywell Cottage is a detached dwelling dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of rubble, with the gable and street facades painted, and features a stone slate roof. The right end of the building is hipped, and there is a canted corner with a corbelled corner above. A brick stack is located off-center to the right.
The main facade, which faces the garden, is two storeys high and has a ground floor with four windows. This includes a bow window with three 3-light casements and two 2-light casements, along with a central panelled door. The first floor features three 3-light casements, all set beneath wooden lintels. The gable end has a 2-light casement in the roof space and additional 2-light and 1-light windows below. The road elevation displays various casements and three blocked openings at the ground floor.
Local climate
Holywell Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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