Yew Tree Cottage

SY 18 NE BRANSCOMBE STREET (north side)

7/57 Yew Tree Cottage - GV II Cottage. Probably late C18-early C19. Plastered local stone rubble; stone rubble stack with plastered brick chimneyshaft; thatch roof. Plan: 3-room plan cottage facing south-west and built across the hillslope and set back from the lane. The right (south-east) room is heated by a rear lateral stack. 2 storeys. Exterior: 3-window front of C20 casements mostly with glazing bars. The front doorway is set right of centre and it contains a late C19 4-panel door under a contemporary gabled hood. Roof is hipped each end. Interior was not available for inspection at the time of this survey but it could be seen that the 2 main ground floor rooms have no ceiling beams. Yew Tree Cottage is one of a good group of mostly thatch-roofed buildings which make up the attractive hamlet of Street.

Listing NGR: SY1883688874