Yew Tree Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1996. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Yew Tree Farm

WRENN ID
first-brass-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1996
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Yew Tree Farm, 29 and 31, Lowtown, Kirkburton, HD8 0SB
OS grid reference
SE 197 123
Coordinates
53.60755, -1.70338
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

A farmhouse, dating from circa 1700, and subsequently converted into a pair of cottages in the late 18th century with 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of thin-coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings and has stone slate roofs, featuring four chimney stacks. It displays quoins. The south front is rendered and has an irregular two-window facade. The central doorway is set within a chamfered ashlar surround and incorporates a six-panel, part-glazed door. To the left is a 4-light casement window, retaining a central surviving ashlar mullion, and to the right, a single 2-light casement window. Above are a single 4-light and a single 3-light flush mullion window with 20th-century casements. The east front, also rendered, features an off-centre flush ashlar surround to the doorway, including a moulded hood and a part-glazed door. To the left is a single 3-light casement, and beyond a boarded casement. To the right is a single 2-light flush mullion window with plain sashes. Above are a similar 2-light window with glazing bar sashes and single light plain sash. The north front exhibits irregular openings to both the ground floor and upper floors; two 6-light flush mullion weavers' windows are present, now altered to 4-light casements with the central lights blocked. Above these are a single central Venetian window with a blocked central light and glazing bar side lights. The west front has two doorways with flush ashlar surrounds, and between them an altered 2-light window. To the left is a single 3-light flush mullion window, and above are two 2-light flush mullion windows with 20th-century casements. The interior reveals a single exposed timber post and an 18th-century door. The first floor has exposed chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, a single stone fire surround, and partly exposed queen post roof trusses.

Local climate

Yew Tree Farm receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
  • 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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