Yewtree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
Yewtree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- spare-cobalt-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yewtree Cottage, 91, High Road, Needham
- OS grid reference
- TM 227 814
- Coordinates
- 52.38618, 1.27153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yewtree Cottage is a 17th-century timber-frame house, rendered with roughcast. It has a steep, gable-ended roof covered in asbestos tiles. Internal and external brick chimney stacks rise at the north and south ends of the building. The cottage has two storeys. Modern casement windows are fitted, with two modern bay windows and a doorway sheltered by a modern pent roof on the ground floor. The interior features a massive stopped and chamfered ceiling beam with heavy joists.
Local climate
Yewtree 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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