The Square and Yew House is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. A Late C18 Semi-detached houses. 2 related planning applications.

The Square and Yew House

WRENN ID
vast-barrel-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1957
Type
Semi-detached houses
Address
The Square and Yew House, 4, High Street, Broughton, SO20 8AA
OS grid reference
SU 308 329
Coordinates
51.09497, -1.56072
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Square and Yew House are a pair of semi-detached houses, with an earlier core dated to the late 18th century, although No.4 has undergone significant alterations in the 20th century. The houses are constructed of brick in a header bond, with some blue bricks, and have an old plain tile roof. No.4 is colourwashed.

The house to the right (Yew) is a two-storey, five-bay block with a hipped lean-to on the right end and an older wing to the rear. To the left is a taller, two-storey, three-bay range, with a parallel range to the rear of the left two bays; the right bays belong to Yew, and the rear range extends from the centre bay.

The ground floor of the right-hand section contains a six-panel door under a flat hood and a small 16-pane sash window. A 20-pane sash window is found in each bay, set in rubbed brick arches. A C20 top-glazed door has been inserted on the right-hand end. An 18th-century six-panel double door with bullseye lights in the top panels and reeded borders to the bottom ones is located at the right end of the taller part, sheltered by an open timber porch with a tented lead roof. The bays to the left have been rebuilt and colourwashed. The ground floor in the centre slightly projects, featuring two 20th-century three-light windows, with one window above and one at the left end above a 20th-century door. Toothed eaves and a half-hipped roof to the left are present, along with a stack at each end of the right part. No.4 is listed for group value.

Local climate

The Square and Yew House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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