The Yews

The Yews is a detached house, now divided into two, located on Rectory Lane in Great Rissington. It is dated and initialled '17 W F I 03' on the lintel above the right-hand doorway. The house has been extended in the mid to late 18th century, the 19th century, and has a 20th-century extension. It is built of coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed stone quoins, and features a stone slate roof with ashlar stacks, while the 20th-century extensions have concrete tile roofing.

The main body of the house has a rectangular plan and a three-windowed facade, which is lit by two and three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements, all with leaded panes. The ground floor windows have stopped hoods, and there are two 19th-century plank doors. The right-hand door has a flat-chamfered dressed stone surround with a dated lintel, while the left-hand door has a dressed stone surround with a timber lintel. Both doorways are topped with flat stone canopies featuring moulded margins and brackets.

To the right of the main body is a later extension that is one and a half storeys high, featuring a single two-light 20th-century half dormer and a three-light 20th-century stone-mullioned casement on the ground floor. There is a lean-to porch with a 19th-century plank door to the left, and a single stone slab serves as the porch roof. The main body has gable-end stacks, both with flat-chamfered skirtings, one of which has a moulded capping, and there is also a gable-end stack on the extension to the right. The interior has not been inspected.