Yew Tree Farmhouse

ST 56 SE CHEW STOKE C.P. SCHOOL LANE (south side)

3/75 Yew Tree Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. C15 origin, C17 rear additions, early C18 alterations to east wing and interior, C19 and C20 alterations. Rubble, rendered, right return painted, double Roman tiled hipped roof with off-centre stack, pantiled roofs to rear. Through passage, U-plan. 2 storeys and 3 windows, at first floor all 4-pane sashes in exposed boxes, ground floor left plate-glass sash, to right sash with thick glazing bars, both with wedge-shaped head and keystone, central panelled and glazed door with triangular hood. Right return has buttress to left, small 12-pane sash at ground floor right and C20 window at first floor; rear wing to right, originally single storey, with later upper floor, has 4-light C20 window at ground floor and raking dormer above, ridge stack with oven projection, attached outhouse at end of wing with C19 3-light casement. Left return has 2-light casement at ground floor, straight joint up to first floor level to rear wing to left, with 2 sashes in exposed boxes at ground floor of wing, first floor has 2-light and single light casement under eaves; rear of wing has 2 small 4-pane lights with round heads and relieving arch, 2-light casement at first floor. Rear has covered area between 2 wings, rear through passage door with strap hinges, wing to right has glazed door, wing to left has panelled and glazed door to outhouse, 3-light casement and door with timber lintel to kitchen. Interior: front rooms right and left have deep-chamfered beams, to left supported on pier, room to right has C18 cupboard in recess with shaped shelves, modified winder stair to rear right of passage; room to rear left altered in C18 as parlour, has boxed heam, deep recess to each side of fireplace with moulded round-headed arch. At first floor, 2 cruck trusses are visible at the back, boxed and cut off at front, 3 cruck trusses in all, cambered collars, purlins, smoke-blackened. For further information see sources. (Sources: Williams, E.H.D. : unpublished survey, 1982. RCHM).

Listing NGR: ST5572661674