Yew Cottage

NZ 22 NE WINDLESTONE A 689 (South side, off) Windlestone Park

9/82 (inset) Yew Cottage

GV II

House, at one time for the steward of the Windlestone estate. Mid C18, enlarged early C19 for Eden family. Painted render with painted ashlar dressings and rear painted quoins; roof graduated Lakeland slate with stone gable copings, roll-moulded ridge, and painted brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central door with 6 flat panels under 4-pane overlight, in tooled stone surround with scroll-bracketed cornice hood. 12-pane sashes above and in outer bays. Roof copings rest on moulded kneelers; end chimneys. Rear elevation has central door, sashes with glazing bars, and one window altered.

Interior: single-pile C18 house enlarged by altering rear. Front part has central dogleg stair with ramped moulded handrail on column-and-vase balusters and closed string; splat newels; upper end of first balustrade ramped down to accommodate string of next flight. First-floor chimneypieces have bolection- moulded surrounds below shaped fascia and cornice, with cast-iron grates. Rear part has central narrow open-dell stair with curved handrail on stick balusters and open string. Boarded doors in rear kitchen, 6-panel doors in upper rear rooms. Solid wall between staircases now has door inserted at landing.

Listing NGR: NZ2632028774