The Hollies is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1952. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
The Hollies
- WRENN ID
- winter-fireplace-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1952
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- The Hollies, 20, Peter Street, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5LH
- OS grid reference
- ST 620 437
- Coordinates
- 51.19136, -2.54429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hollies is a town house built around 1750. It is constructed from limestone rubble and has a pantile roof with coped verges. The building has an "L"-shaped plan and stands two stories high with four bays. It features sash windows with glazing bars set in plain stone surrounds. The door opening is square-headed, with a plain stone doorcase topped by a triangular pediment supported by Tuscan half columns. There is a moulded eaves cornice along the roofline. To the left side, there is a projecting gable wing that includes a half-glazed door in its inward elevation and a sash window in the end elevation. Additionally, there are 2-light mullioned windows on the left return.
Local climate
The Hollies receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 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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