Yew Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Yew Tree House

WRENN ID
low-spindle-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Yew Tree House, Combpyne Road, Musbury, EX13 8AR
OS grid reference
SY 273 945
Coordinates
50.74634, -3.03062
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree House is a cottage dating from around the 16th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and rendered cob, topped with a new tile roof that features gabled and half-hipped ends. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, with 20th-century three-light casements that include glazing bars. To the right of the façade is a plank door, which is sheltered by a wooden lattice porch. The cottage has been fitted with rebuilt brick end and ridge chimney stacks. Inside, the structure features jointed cruck trusses that show signs of smoke-blackening, along with an open fireplace that has a cambered bressummer.

Local climate

Yew Tree House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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