Yew Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Oadby and Wigston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. House.

Yew Tree House

WRENN ID
woven-pillar-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oadby and Wigston
Constituency
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1987
Type
House
Address
Yew Tree House, 3, Newgate End
OS grid reference
SP 604 985
Coordinates
52.58125, -1.10966
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree House is an early 19th-century house located on Newgate End in Wigston. It is constructed of painted brick and features a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high, with a blind attic that is lit from the gable wall. The house has been heightened in yellow brick and consists of three bays. There is a central door flanked by 16-light sash windows on each floor, with the door having 12 lights above it. The house has gable end stacks and is included for its group value.

Local climate

Yew Tree House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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