Yew Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Yew Tree House

WRENN ID
guardian-tower-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Yew Tree House, Church Street, Bloxham, OX15 4ET
OS grid reference
SP 429 356
Coordinates
52.01738, -1.37516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the 17th century and was remodelled in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from regularly coursed ironstone rubble with ironstone quoins and features a 20th-century tile roof. It has three brick stacks located at the ends and off the ridge, all set on stone bases. The layout is a three-unit plan with a single storey plus an attic. The entrance, located to the right, has a wooden lintel and a panelled door. On either side of the door are two 3-light 20th-century casements with stone lintels resting on stone flat arches. In the attic, there are three 2-light casements with wooden lintels.

At the rear, the left side has been rebuilt and includes a 20th-century extension. The right side features a circular staircase projection with small windows, one of which has a cusped triangular head. To the left, there is a 2-light casement with a wrought iron catch, and a 20th-century door and window to the right and in the attic. The roof has a steep pitch.

Inside, the house retains its original layout of a kitchen, hall, and parlour, with three rooms connected by a rear passage. The two rooms on the left have stone flag floors. The central room features a stop-chamfered beam and a chamfered bressumer above the fireplace, which includes inglenooks and a ham curing chamber. There is a stone spiral staircase leading to the cellar, which has a 2-light stone mullioned window at the rear. An oak spiral staircase leads to the attic floors, although it has been partially rebuilt in the 20th century. The first floor has wide planks.

Local climate

Yew Tree House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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