Holly Bush Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1984. A Georgian House.
Holly Bush Cottage
- WRENN ID
- keen-courtyard-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Holly Bush Cottage, Upper Harlestone
- OS grid reference
- SP 697 641
- Coordinates
- 52.27085, -0.97879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Bush Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of squared coursed lias stone and has a thatched roof. The building features a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic. The front has a two-window range of casement windows with leaded lights. There is a central entrance that includes a 20th-century glazed door and an original wooden lintel. The flanking casement windows have moulded stone surrounds, and there is a small central window with original glass. To the right, there is a single-storey extension from the 19th and 20th centuries. The roof has a dormer and brick stacks at both ends. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a bressumer beam.
Local climate
Holly Bush Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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