Yew Tree Cottage

TM 07 SW 3/70

WALSHAM LE WILLOWS THE STREET (NORTH SIDE) Yew Tree Cottage

GV II

House. Circa 1600. Timber-framed, rendered and ashlar-lined; clay pantiles. 1½ storeys; basic 2-cell lobby-entrance form, with a 3rd unit added in mid C17. The internal chimney-stack has a plain rebuilt red brick shaft. 3 gabled dormers with plain bargeboards, 2 with old 3-light casement windows, square leading, pintle hinges. 2 old 3-light casement windows with transomes to ground floor; one C20 2-light standard replacement. Main entrance door with 6 flush panels, the, top 2 glazed; jambs and flat pediment with bolection moulding. A plank door on the right. Plain interior has some timbering exposed: chamfered main beams with lamb's tongue stops; one open fireplace with a plain timber lintel. No tie-beams at wallplate level on the internal trusses; the former end tie on right has been cut through to link in with the later end bay. A 4-light window, blocked, in the right gable wall, with square mullions and glazing bars between. Roof over original section with principal rafters, a C20 replacement above extension.

Listing NGR: TM0003071212