Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-minaret-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Cranfield Road, Moulsoe, MK16 0HL
- OS grid reference
- SP 908 419
- Coordinates
- 52.06842, -0.67581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A house dating to the 17th century, altered subsequently. The house is timber framed with white painted plaster infilling and painted brick, and has a thatched roof with a central brick chimney stack. It is two storeys and an attic in height. The south front has a central modern thatched porch with a modern door, and three casement windows. There are two 2-light casement windows to the first floor. A modern single-storey wing with a pantile roof is located on the left. The right-hand gable has two 2-light casement windows to each floor. A 1-storey and attic rear wing, originally a separate cottage, also dates to the 17th century and has a thatched roof with two 3-light dormers and a central brick chimney. This wing has a central door and four casement windows to the ground floor.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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