Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. A C18 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- outer-jamb-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, School Lane, Takeley, CM22 6PJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 565 247
- Coordinates
- 51.89906, 0.27445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a cottage from the 18th century or earlier, located on Takeley School Lane in Molehill Green. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a hipped thatched roof. The cottage has one storey and attics, featuring a range of four windows with late 19th-century casements. There is one eyebrow dormer, and lean-to extensions are present at both the east and west ends. The exterior is pargetted in combed panels, some of which are original.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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