Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. A Medieval Hall house. 1 related planning application.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
burning-roof-sage
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1967
Type
Hall house
Period
Medieval
Address
Yew Tree Cottage, Oad Street, Borden, ME9 8JP
OS grid reference
TQ 868 621
Coordinates
51.32778, 0.68073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II* listed aisled hall house that dates back to the 14th century, with additions from the 16th and 17th centuries. The front facing the road features a distinctive chequered pattern of red and blue brick, with flint on the right side and a plain tiled roof. The building stands two storeys high on a plinth made of brick and flint, topped with a hipped roof. There are stacks on the left side, with an offset stack projecting to the right. The windows are arranged irregularly, including one blocked brick mullion, two sash windows, and one wooden casement on the first floor, along with five wooden casements on the ground floor. A half-glazed door is located to the left, and to the right is a two-storey gabled porch that jetties out, supported by carved brackets, featuring a four-panelled door.

The right side of the cottage reveals the 14th-century semi-aisled hall, which is timber framed and covered with painted brick, also topped with a plain tiled roof. This side is one storey high with a catslide roof, a gabled dormer, and a stack at the end on the right. There are two wooden casements and a central boarded door.

Local climate

Yew Tree Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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