Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1973. House.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
bitter-alcove-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1973
Type
House
Address
Yew Tree Cottage, 50, Worminghall Road, Oakley
OS grid reference
SP 639 116
Coordinates
51.79968, -1.07425
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure features a timber frame, with the front re-clad in brick during the 19th century. The left gable retains a frame with rendered thin brick infill, which is partly covered with boarding. Some thin brick is also present in the lower walls of the front. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there is a 17th-century chimney made of thin brick with an offset cap located between the right bays, along with a 19th-century chimney on the left.

The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays. It displays irregular 2 and 3-light barred wooden casements, and there is a 20th-century door with a lean-to hood situated between the left bays. To the right, there is a slightly projecting 20th-century extension that includes two garage doors and a dormer window above. At the rear, there is an outshot, likely from the 19th century, with a 20th-century extension added to the rear of the left bay. Inside, the cottage reveals timber framing with curved braces, wind-braces, and curved queen strut trusses. The chamfered spine beams in the right bays each have one end stopped, and the fireplaces have been altered.

Local climate

Yew Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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