Holly Mount is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1973. House.
Holly Mount
- WRENN ID
- muffled-pillar-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holly Mount, Penn Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 931 929
- Coordinates
- 51.62738, -0.65524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Mount is a detached house designed by C F A Voysey for C T Burke, built between 1905 and 1907 in the Vernacular Revival style. The house is constructed of roughcast with stone dressings, featuring tarred plinths and a green slate roof with two roughcast chimneystacks. It has two storeys and three windows, with a rectangular plan that includes gables at either end and a further projecting gable on the front left. To the left, there is a one-storey service wing. The windows are irregularly spaced mullioned leaded casements that retain their original catches and have green tiled cills on the inside. The doorcase, located under a gable, features a round-headed tiled hood mould and an arched door with a circular glazed opening. Above the door, there is a plaque that reads 'HOLLYMOUNT 1907', flanked by holly decoration. The rear elevation includes two dormers, with three-light windows in the dormers and a four-light window on the ground floor. On the left side, a late 20th-century French window has replaced a porthole window.
Inside, the hall has polished green slate floors and an original slate fireplace with a round-headed arch. There are a series of plank doors with original rustic hinges, including round-headed doors leading to the Drawing Room. The well staircase features elongated stick balusters. The Drawing Room contains an original fireplace with a shelf supported by three brackets, a large cambered brick arch, and a curved copper fender. The Dining Room has a round-headed tiled arched fireplace with a shelf above supported by two brackets, as well as two original cupboards with heart-shaped locks. The Breakfast Room features an original built-in dresser, cupboards, and a row of eight servants' bells. On the first floor, there are four cast iron fireplaces with marble surrounds featuring robin reliefs and built-in cupboards.
Local climate
Holly Mount sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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