Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-stronghold-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Westhorpe Lane, Byfield, NN11 6XB
- OS grid reference
- SP 511 532
- Coordinates
- 52.17521, -1.2531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a late 17th-century cottage located on the west side of Westhorpe Lane in Byfield. It has undergone alterations in the late 18th century and the 20th century. The cottage is constructed of coursed squared ironstone and brick, with a thatched roof and brick end and ridge stacks. It follows a 3-unit lobby-entry plan. The two-storey facade has a three-window range. A 20th-century plank door, covered by a 20th-century timber hood, sits centrally, flanked by three-light chamfered mullion windows with hood moulds. The left side of the cottage has been faced with brick and contains three-light 20th-century casement windows on both the ground and first floors. Eyebrow dormers flank the centre, each containing a two-light 20th-century casement window. The interior features stop-chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a bread oven projecting to the rear.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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