Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 5 related planning applications.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
low-fireplace-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
House
Address
Yew Tree Cottage, Cuxham with Easington, OX49 5NF
OS grid reference
SU 668 953
Coordinates
51.65271, -1.03512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a house that dates back to the early 17th century, with extensions added in the mid to late 18th century and early 19th century. The building is roughcast and was originally timber-framed, featuring a gabled roof covered with 20th-century tiles. It has a brick stack on the right end and two ridge stacks that are part of the early 17th-century structure. The cottage has been extended from a two-unit plan to a four-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a four-window range.

The central two bays are highlighted by a mid-19th-century bracketed flat hood that covers a six-panelled door, flanked by three-light leaded casements. The right outer bay features a horizontal sliding sash above an eight-pane sash, while the left outer bay has a two-light casement above an eight-paned horned sash. At the rear, there is a mid-18th-century two-storey range that is also roughcast, with a half-hipped old tile roof, leaded casements, and a 18th-century plank door to the left.

Inside, the early 17th-century portion of the house, which was likely built as two cottages, contains chamfered and stopped beams, a winder staircase to the right, and a timber-framed rear wall with braced posts. It also features a two-bay queen-post roof with clasped purlins.

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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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