Yew Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. House.
Yew Tree House
- WRENN ID
- salt-mortar-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yew Tree House, Takeley Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 547 212
- Coordinates
- 51.86846, 0.24629
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree House is a 17th century or earlier house located on Takeley Street. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior with a red plain tile roof. The building has a gabled crosswing at the east end and stands two storeys high, with a range of four windows fitted with modern casements. There is a small late 18th century doorcase with a pediment and moulded architraves. An early 17th century red brick chimney stack adds to its character. Additionally, there is a modern lean-to extension at the front of the east end.
Local climate
Yew Tree House 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
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- 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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