Yew Tree Cottage

TARRANT GUNVILLE ST 91 SW -

4/39 Yew Tree Cottage

GV II

Pair of cottages, now a single house, that to the south-east C17 or early C18, rebuilt C19 and that to the north-east late C18. Part roughcast, part ashlar and rubble, whitewashed. Part thatched and part slated. Brick stack between cottages. 2 storeys, 5 window range. 2-light C19 cast-iron casements with glazing bars, except to part of later range which has C20 timber replacements. Later cottage has central C20 glazed door under moulded stone lintel. Earlier cottage has part-glazed, panelled door said to be reset from a house in Wimborne.

Internal features: some chamfered beams. Open fireplace with segmental chamfered timber bressummer with cyma stops. Some internal doors have original wrought- iron hinges and fittings. The late C18 range may be constructed with materials reused from Eastbury House (qv) by Vanbuzgh largely demolished in 1775. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.IV, p.95, no.17.)

Listing NGR: ST9219313312