Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- small-minaret-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Rectory Lane, Itchen Valley, Winchester, SO21 1BW
- OS grid reference
- SU 542 332
- Coordinates
- 51.09575, -1.22725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A late 18th-century cottage located on Rectory Lane in Itchen Abbas. The building is constructed of rubble, flint, and brick, and has a thatched roof. It is one-and-a-half storeys high, with two bays and a wing projecting to the rear on the right, and an outshot to the left. A central planked door has an inserted window above it and is sheltered by a thatched open timber porch. There are 2-light and 3-light casement windows from the 19th century, and a 2-light leaded casement window from the 18th century. The roof is hipped on the right-hand side with a ridge piece and a stack to the left. This building has group value.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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