Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-ember-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Swallowfield Road, Arborfield and Newland
- OS grid reference
- SU 758 668
- Coordinates
- 51.39554, -0.9115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the 15th century but was rebuilt in the 17th century. It features part timber framing with painted brick infilling and part painted brick construction. The roof is gabled and covered with old tiles, and it has flanking chimneys. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of two framed bays and is 1½ storeys high.
On the entrance front, there are three irregular bays with gabled dormers that have four lights, mullions, and transoms. The ground floor has two 18th-century casement windows. In the center bay, there is a ledged door that is sheltered by a 19th-century gabled porch. To the left of the door is an additional two-light casement window, and to the right is a single-light window, all featuring glazing bars.
Inside, the complete frame is visible, predominantly on the first floor, with a jowl post and truss from the 15th century still remaining.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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