Holly Croft Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1968. Dwellings, cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Holly Croft Cottages

WRENN ID
silent-rubblework-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1968
Type
Dwellings, cottage
Address
Holly Croft Cottages, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Woodlands End, Mells, BA11 3PJ
OS grid reference
ST 729 490
Coordinates
51.23995, -2.38862
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Croft Cottages comprise four dwellings, originally a single house, dating back to the 17th century. The cottages are constructed of Doulting rubble with dressed quoins, and have a 20th-century pantile roof with coped verges on kneelers, along with four restored brick stacks. The design is in an "L" shape and reflects a Jacobean style.

The cottages are two storeys high with eight bays. They feature 2-light stone mullion and transom windows with ovolo moulded frames and stopped labels. Four blocked, keyed openings are present on each floor between the fifth and sixth bays. A gabled ashlar porch is situated in the third bay, incorporating a moulded string, coping, and a base for a finial. A 20th-century half-glazed door is set within the porch. A door has been created in the seventh bay, which was originally a window, and further door openings are located in each return. The cottages were formerly known as Holly Grange and are shown on Ordnance Survey maps by that name.

Local climate

Holly Croft Cottages 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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  • Sale history — 10 transactions since 1996
  • 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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