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A low, white cottage with a red pantile roof and two brick chimneys behind a curved brick wall and dark grey wooden gate.

The Pantiles, Back Lane, Holywell (RGL2025)

The Pantiles, Back Lane, Holywell

History of the Pantiles

Listed Building

C17 cottage at right angles to the lane. One-storey with attics. … Inserted staircase and carved chimney pieces taken from Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire.


The Holywell Story by Joe Newell has a chapter about the Tabbitts. Mary had been courted by a local artist but she married Walter Wilmer whose sister married Mary’s brother David. They lived at Pantiles initially but Mary had always wanted to live at Briar Cottage.


1939 Pantiles

Walter Bradford Wilmer, b 1885, market gardener

Mary Welney née Tabbitt, b 1892


A white house with a red pantile roof and a central chimney sits behind green shrubs and a black gate on a quiet lane.

The Pantiles, Back Lane, Holywell (RGL2025)

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