Yew Tree Farmhouse

Yew Tree Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 15th century, with extensions added in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed, roughcast rendered, and has a roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The original structure consists of two bays aligned approximately northwest to southeast, with a 18th-century extension to the southwest of the southeast bay, creating an L-shaped plan. A 19th-century three-bay range is aligned northeast to southwest, positioned to the southeast of the existing building, which forms a new frontage. There are two 19th-century chimney stacks to the northwest of this range and one at the northwest end of the original building. Lean-to extensions were added to the northeast, northwest, and southwest in the 19th and 20th centuries. The farmhouse is two storeys high, featuring a central half-glazed door beneath a projecting upper room supported by posts. There is one 19th-century splayed bay with double-hung sash windows arranged in an 8-12-8 light pattern, and another bay at the eastern corner with three double-hung sash windows of eight lights, dating from the early 20th century. On the first floor, there are five double-hung sash windows with arrangements of 8, 8, 12, 8, and 8 lights, all from the 19th century. The roof is hipped. The rear elevation includes one first-floor 18th-century window featuring a wrought iron casement and two fixed lights with early rectangular leading and crown glass. Inside the rear parts, there are jowled posts, heavy studding with curved braces set into the interior, wattle infill, plain chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops, and some original floorboards. The roof of the original range has short arched collars, clasped purlins, and curved wind bracing.