Yew Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. House.
Yew Tree House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-dormer-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Yew Tree House, High Street, Compton
- OS grid reference
- SU 521 799
- Coordinates
- 51.51632, -1.24965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree House is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. The south side features a combination of render and tile hanging over a timber frame, while the north side has a timber frame with painted brick infill. The roofs are tiled. The building has a T-shaped plan, with a cross piece running east to west and four cross gables on the south side. The short stem of the T is slightly to the east of the center on the north side, which has catslides over outshuts. The south wing is one storey and has an attic, while the north wing is one and a half storeys high. There are chimneys located between the first and second gables from the west on the ridge of the south wing and at the east end of the ridge. On the south elevation, there are five glazing bar sash windows with rendered architraves that are irregularly spaced on the ground floor. The first floor features four tile-hung gables, each with bargeboards and a glazing bar sash window. The entrance is located under a lean-to on the east side.
Local climate
Yew Tree House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
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