Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- unlit-rafter-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Himbleton, WR9 7LD
- OS grid reference
- SO 956 591
- Coordinates
- 52.2308, -2.06472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century and restoration in the mid-20th century. It is timber-framed with a rendered exterior and replacement walling, topped by a half-hipped thatched roof. The cottage consists of two framed bays oriented north-east to south-west, with a probable former external chimney at the rear north-east end, now enclosed by later additions. It is a single storey with an attic that features dormers. The framing includes a partly visible wall-plate and a truncated collar and tie-beam truss with two struts at the south-west gable end.
On the south-west front elevation, the windows are 19th-century metal casements. The ground floor has two 2-light windows with cambered heads, and there are two eyebrow dormers cut into the thatch, each with 2-light casements. The main entrance, located on the right side, features a 20th-century gabled porch, which contains a ledged and battened door with a cambered head. A brick stack is positioned to the left of the front ridge, and there are attic lights in the gable ends. The interior has not been inspected. A 20th-century single-storey addition is attached to the rear left, and a 20th-century extension connects to the north-east end via a passageway.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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