Yew Tree is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. A C18 Cottage.
Yew Tree
- WRENN ID
- endless-moulding-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree, A4074, Mapledurham
- OS grid reference
- SU 694 773
- Coordinates
- 51.49076, -1.00149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree is a cottage located in Mapledurham, dating from the 18th century with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building features timber framing with brick infill and has a thatched roof, with a brick stack on the right side. It has a single cell plan and is one storey high with an attic, presenting a one-window range. There is a plank door leading to a single-storey wing on the left, a 2-light casement window in the center, and a gabled dormer also in the center. The interior has not been inspected, and there is a 20th-century single-storey wing on the right. The cottage is shown on the Ordnance Survey map as Cornwood Cottage.
Local climate
Yew Tree 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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