Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.

Yew Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
dim-gallery-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Yew Tree Cottage, Burgh by Sands, CA5 6BD
OS grid reference
NY 327 592
Coordinates
54.92357, -3.05069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century, with an extension added in 1892. The original structure features whitewashed rendered clay walls set on a chamfered plinth, with a thatched roof covered by corrugated iron and a 20th-century brick chimney stack. The extension is built of English garden wall bond brickwork and has a Welsh slate roof, along with an end brick chimney stack.

The cottage is single-storey with two bays, while the extension is two-storey with two bays. At the front, there is an outshut that has a roof made of sandstone slate and Welsh slate, topped with an end brick chimney stack. The entrance includes a plank door to the right and a 20th-century door to the left, both framed by plain stone surrounds. On the original house, there is a casement window to the right, while the left side of the extension features single-pane sash windows and a ground floor keystone that is dated. The 20th-century extension to the left is not of particular interest.

Local climate

Yew Tree Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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