Yew Tree House

Yew Tree House is a hall-house that was originally part of a row of houses, dating from the late 15th century with later alterations in the late 16th and 19th centuries. The building is timber-framed, with the ground floor clad in red brick featuring occasional grey headers in Flemish bond, while the first floor is tile-hung. The late 15th-century open hall consists of two unequal bays, possibly including a now-removed storeyed bay to the left. To the right, there is an integral two-bay cross-wing. A late 16th-century two-bay addition runs parallel to the road, situated to the right of the cross-wing. The house has two storeys, and the roof over the hall was raised in the 19th century, featuring a gable at the junction with the ridge of the wing. The hip of the wing is continuous with the slope of the 19th-century roof, which has been built up, likely in the 19th century, with a ridge parallel to the road. The late 16th-century addition has a steeper pitch, lower eaves, and is hipped to the right with a gablet. There is a late 16th-century red brick stack on the front slope of the roof at the left end and an early 19th-century stack on the right side of the wing. The fenestration is irregular, featuring two 19th-century first-floor casements and four ground-floor casements with segmental heads. A ribbed door is located at the left end of the 16th-century addition.

Inside, there is a crown post in the wing supported by two curved downward braces and two upward braces. Half of a moulded dais beam survives, carved with small shields that alternately bear a portcullis, a Tudor rose, and a George cross. Below this beam, there is a plain four-centred arched door-head, with spandrels carved with a hammer to the left and a mallet pursing a chisel to the right. Tension braces are also present. In the left bay of the hall, there is a large stone fireplace with moulded jambs, one of which is corbelled to the top. The building features exposed timbers throughout.