Holly Tree Cottage Tower Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
Holly Tree Cottage Tower Hill House
- WRENN ID
- low-attic-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holly Tree Cottage Tower Hill House, Rainow, Cheshire East, SK10 5TX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 947 757
- Coordinates
- 53.27876, -2.07991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Tree Cottage and Tower Hill House are two houses that were formerly a house and stables. The core of the building dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century and the 20th century. The structure is made of coursed squared buff sandstone rubble and features a Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge, and four stone chimneys. It has an L-shaped plan with an added range and is two stories tall with a three-bay south front. The left two bays have rubble hood moulds over a three-light stone mullion and three openings that have been altered in the 20th century. The west front displays heavy roof timbers in the gable and a primitive architrave over a six-panelled door leading to Tower Hill House. The projecting part at the left end has two, two-light chamfered stone mullions for the cellar and two windows at the rear. There is also a reported window with horn used as glazing.
Inside, Holly Tree Cottage features timber-framed partition walls and heavy ceiling beams. Tower Hill House has late 18th-century six-panelled doors, moulded panels in the window reveals, and two pine panelled cupboards in the chimney breast. There is a dogleg painted mahogany staircase with square balusters under a moulded elliptical opening with panelled soffits. The kitchen includes two chamfered beams with flat stops.
Local climate
Holly Tree Cottage Tower Hill House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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