Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-corner-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Gales Lane, Prees
- OS grid reference
- SJ 575 331
- Coordinates
- 52.89369, -2.63271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one dwelling. It likely dates from the early 18th century, with later additions and alterations. The structure features a light timber frame with red brick infill and some later rebuilding, topped with a corrugated iron roof over thatch. The building is one storey with an attic.
The framing includes light horizontal rectangular panels on the back wall, with four panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate, and an irregular tie beam with V-struts connecting to the right gable end. The front and left gable ends are constructed with 18th century and later brick. The windows are primarily early to mid-19th century casements, featuring a leaded fixed-light window on the left and a multi-paned cast-iron casement to the left of centre. There is a raking eaves dormer with a leaded casement immediately to the right. The doors are boarded, located in the centre and to the right, with a ridge stack positioned immediately to the right of the former.
Inside, the ground floor comprises two rooms. The left room features a chamfered spine beam and an inglenook fireplace that includes a 19th century cast-iron cooking range. The right room also has a chamfered spine beam and a 19th century grate in the fireplace. An early 20th century addition at right angles to the rear on the left side is not considered to have special architectural interest.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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