Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Broxbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1983. Cottage.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
mired-balcony-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broxbourne
Constituency
Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 November 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Yew Tree Cottage, 172, High Road Broxbourne
OS grid reference
TL 366 063
Coordinates
51.73911, -0.0229
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a building with probable origins in the 16th century, which has been altered in the 17th, 18th, and mid-19th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and stuccoed, topped with an old tile roof. The cottage is designed in an L-shape and has two storeys. The projecting northern end has two gable ends facing the road, both adorned with cusped bargeboards. The entire range has similar cusped window surrounds. The door on the south side of the front projection has 18th-century fielded panels, an architrave surround with consoles, and 19th-century sidelights. The southern portion of the cottage has two 18th-century sash windows. The interior has been altered, and there are modern additions at the rear.

Local climate

Yew Tree Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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