The Yews

The Yews is a farmhouse located on East Street, dating from the 17th century, with some medieval fragments. It features a facade made of ham stone ashlar, while the sides and rear are constructed from cut and squared stone. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and has stepped coped gables, along with brick chimney stacks at the ends and in the middle.

The building is two storeys high and has three wide bays. The outer bays contain 2-light architraved plain mullioned windows from the 18th century. The second bay features a distinctive 2-storey gabled bay window, which is angled and has 1+3+1 light hollow chamfer in ovolo mould recess mullioned windows. The gable of this bay has shaped kneelers and a gabletted finial at the top of the copings. Between the second and third bays, there is an earlier 19th-century part-glazed flush panel door set in an architraved recess, with matching timber panelled reveals.

Although the interior has not been seen, it is reported to have a three-room cross passage plan, with the main fireplace backing onto the cross passage. The present hall features a plain chamfer mould panelled ceiling. In the roof, there are remains of a true cruck truss and one purlin, which are smoke blackened, with a square set ridge over a saddle apex.

To the east gable of the house, there is a long wing wall with a plain gateway, while to the west gable, there is a long barn building with a throughway next to the house. Both the wing wall and barn are constructed from cut and squared stonework, with the barn having a corrugated iron roof supported by steel trusses.