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A white-walled cottage with a thatched roof, brick chimney, and multi-paned windows, fronted by a low brick wall and garden.

The Front, Holywell (RGL2025)

Spring Cottage, The Front, Holywell

History of Spring Cottage

Listed Building

Late C16 cottage, three unit plan, one-storey and attics.

Black and white photo of a thatched cottage behind a picket fence, with two cows walking along a dirt track in the foreground.

Spring Cottage, Holywell

This was the home of Robert Winchester Fraser (1871-1930), the artist, who used the pseudonym Robert Winter to distinguish himself from his father, Robert Winter Fraser.

A painting of a calm river reflecting a church tower and surrounding trees on a hazy, light-toned afternoon.

Painting by Robert Winter

A watercolor painting shows a white house with twin chimneys beside a dirt track, a narrow stream, and several leafy trees.

Berry House, Holywell c.1900 by Robert Winter [exact location unknown]

A monochrome drawing shows a cottage with a thatched roof overlooking flooded, marshy land under a cloudy, overcast sky.

Spring Cottage, Holywell, with the brook in flood by Hubert Coop

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