Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-belfry-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Leckhampstead
- OS grid reference
- SU 450 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48525, -1.35206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the early 17th century, with extensions and alterations from the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame with brick infill and brick, topped with a thatched roof that is half hipped at the ends. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the original 17th-century block running east-west, an 18th-century extension on the west end, and a 20th-century extension at right angles to the west end, along with an outshut to the north of the 17th-century block.
The cottage is one and a half storeys high and has three eaves dormers cut into the thatch on the south side. There is a ridge chimney in the center of the 17th-century block and another chimney in the center of the 20th-century block. On the south elevation, the 20th-century block projects forward to the left and features two 2-light casements above one French casement. The 18th-century extension has one 2-light casement and a door beneath a flat hood. To the right, the 17th-century block has two bays of timber framing with irregular 20th-century casements, including one 3-light metal casement in the left bay and one 1-light casement in the right bay, flanking a door in a gabled weatherboarded porch.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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