Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. House.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-cupola-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, 36a, Kneesworth Street, Royston, SG8 5AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 354 409
- Coordinates
- 52.05078, -0.02564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is an early 18th-century building that has been partly rebuilt. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped roof covered with old tiles. The cottage stands two storeys high and has one flush sash window with glazing bars. The enlarged ground floor window consists of three lights and has a soldier arch above it. This building is included for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos 28 to 36 (even), the yard wall to No 36, and the former United Reformed Church, along with Nos 1 and 3 Lower King Street.
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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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