Yew Tree Cottage

SJ 53 SE 7/72

PREES C.P. GALES LANE (west side) Yew Tree Cottage

GV II

Pair of cottages, now one. Probably early C18 with later additions and alterations. Light timber frame with red brick infill and later rebuilding; corrugated iron over thatch roof. one storey and attic. Framing: light horizontal rectangular panels to back wall, 4 from cill to wall-plate, with irregular tie beam and V-struts from collar to right gable end; C18 and later brick to front and left gable end. Early to mid-C19 casement-fenestration; leaded fixed-light window to left with multi-paned cast-iron casement to left of centre; raking eaves dormer with leaded casement immediately to right. Boarded doors to centre and right with ridge stack immediately to right of former. Interior: ground floor has 2 rooms, left with chamfered spine beam and inglenook fireplace with C19 cast-iron cooking range. Right room also has chamfered spine beam and C19 grate in fireplace. Early C20 addition at right- angles to rear on left is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5753033101