Yew Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Yew Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- odd-brass-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Yew Tree Farmhouse, A 593, Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, LA21 8DP
- OS grid reference
- SD 319 998
- Coordinates
- 54.3897, -3.04949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with an addition from the mid-18th century, marked by a door latch dated "1743/CWA". It is constructed of stone rubble, with the front wing being roughcast and a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The windows feature casements, and the central entrance includes a wide-boarded door beneath a slate open gabled porch. There are gable-end stacks, and the rear wing is lower with two bays, featuring a fire window and a round gable-end stack on a square base, along with a slate open gabled porch, although one side is missing.
Inside, the rear wing contains two upper cruck trusses. The front wing features a fielded-panel partition with a dado rail, cornice, and a two-panel door. This room also has two adjacent cupboards with fielded-panel doors. The staircase includes turned balusters and square newels, and there are some plank and muntin partitioning along with wide-boarded doors leading to the first floor. The property is owned by The National Trust, a gift from Beatrix Potter.
Local climate
Yew Tree Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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