Yew Tree House

Yew Tree House is a former farmhouse, now divided into two cottages, dated 1597, with the initials T.P. found on a post in the parlour of No. 2. The building has a basic two-cell lobby-entrance plan and consists of five bays in its frame and roof. It is timber-framed and roughcast rendered, with roofs made of a mixture of glazed and red clay pantiles. There is an internal chimney stack with a plain red brick shaft that has been rebuilt.

The upper floor features two sash windows with a single glazing bar in the lights and flush frames, while the ground floor has two wider sash windows with flush frames and two vertical glazing bars in the lights. Both cottages have two slightly recessed end doors in plain surrounds. In No. 1, good plain framing is exposed, showcasing reverse braces and a middle rail in the frame. The ground floor ceiling has an unusual arrangement of intersecting ceiling beams, which may have been designed to accommodate the stair, still in place against the rear wall. All beams are chamfered and have run-off stops. The roof includes clasped purlins, diminished principals, windbraces, and steeply cambered collars, with the upper ceilings appearing to be original. In No. 2, the post that carries the date and the corresponding post feature crudely-cut guilloche and other decorations, some of which are damaged.