Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. Cottage.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-clay-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Thaxted
- OS grid reference
- TL 618 323
- Coordinates
- 51.96602, 0.35423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a late 16th century or early 17th century cottage that is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a range of four modern leaded casement windows and two dormer windows. An original central red brick chimney stack is present, and the entrance is adorned with a simple pediment supported by brackets.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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