Holly Bush Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Holly Bush Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-tin-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Holly Bush Farmhouse, Poplar Lane, Holcot, NN6 9SW
- OS grid reference
- SP 793 697
- Coordinates
- 52.32046, -0.83721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Bush Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble lias and features a thatched roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high with an attic. The main front elevation consists of a two-window range with two-light casements that have leaded lights on the first floor and wooden casements on the ground floor, all set under wooden lintels. To the right, there is a 19th-century half-glazed door with a blocked window above. The right elevation is similar in style. The gabled roof has ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, with brick and stone stacks at each end. There is a roof dormer on the north side. Attached to the south are 18th-century outbuildings.
Inside, the east room features an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, while the kitchen has chamfered beams and a wall cupboard with panelled doors, likely from the late 17th century. There is a dogleg stair and some panelled doors with strap hinges. The roof structure is a butt purlin type.
Local climate
Holly Bush Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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