The Yews

The Yews is a house dating from around 1825. It is constructed of pinkish brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a Welsh slate roof. The house is two storeys high and was originally three bays wide, with a fourth, recessed, bay added to the right. The three left-hand bays are symmetrical, featuring a central round-arched entrance with a later 19th-century double door and fanlight containing radial glazing bars. Flanking the entrance are full-height 20-pane sash windows, with 16-pane sashes above. All windows have projecting sills and flat brick arches, which are gauged on the first floor. A verandah with openwork wood columns and a corrugated iron roof runs along the front of the left-hand bays; the end section is now glazed to create a conservatory. The roof has raised verges with coping and red ridge tiles, with a brick end stack. The right-hand bay has a blocked basement opening and a doorway – formerly a window – with a part-glazed door and side lights, all under a flat brick arch. A segmental-arched window above has a sash window with glazing bars. At the rear, a round-arched stair window contains a sash window with glazing bars. Inside, the central stair hall features a curving open-string staircase with stick balusters and a moulded handrail with a spiral curtail. The house is very similar in design to the adjacent property at number 35.