Yew Tree Farm

BOVINGDON CHIPPERFIELD ROAD TL 0103 (South side) 10/10 - No. 10 (Yew Tree Farm)

• II

Farmhouse, now a private house. C17, parallel rear extension mid C19. Timber frame cased in red brickwork, tilehung upper floor at front with bands of scalloped tiles. Steep old red tile roof with bellcast front eaves. A 2-storeys, 2-cells, internal-chimney, lobby entry plan house facing N with lower rear extension. 2 windows to each floor of assymetrical front, with small gables over the upper windows. 3-light flush casement windows, C18 on 1st floor with iron opening casements. Rebuilt red brick W end. Single-storey dark weatherboarded, tiled rear wing at SW. Pump on rear wall. Well in rear garden. Interior has timber frame defining a large W room with axial beam: a short chimney bay and a narrow E room, enlarged by cutting back the old large chimney and altering the partition to the entrance lobby. C17 panelling with strapwork decoration. Part of C17 staircase with turned balusters survives. Chamfered and stopped beams. (Roberts(1975)No.9).

Listing NGR: TL0169303510