Holywell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Holywell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cinder-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Holywell Cottage, Luxborough, Somerset, TA23 0SJ
- OS grid reference
- SS 985 373
- Coordinates
- 51.12644, -3.45109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holywell Cottage is a pair of semi-detached cottages, now combined into a single dwelling. The original structure dates to the 17th century, with an enlargement in the 18th century, and alterations made in the mid-20th century. The exterior is rendered over a rubble base, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped on the right side and continues as a catslide over an addition to the left. A large central brick stack with a moulded cap rises from the roof, along with a brick stack to the left of the current entrance.
The building was likely originally two two-cell cottages with a cross passage. It has one and a half storeys and four bays. The windows are all 20th-century leaded wooden casements. Three dormers rise from below the eaves. A single window is set below the eaves on the right side. On the ground floor, there are two windows to the left of a blocked doorway with a window inset, followed by a window to the right, and a window to the left of the present entrance. Two of the ground floor openings to the left are topped with wooden lintels. A plank door with decorative hinges is present.
Inside, the two rooms to the right have lateral chamfered beams, while the beam in the left room is axial.
Local climate
Holywell Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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