Old House Yew Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. House.
Old House Yew Cottage
- WRENN ID
- proud-window-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old House Yew Cottage, Newton Lane, West Pennard
- OS grid reference
- ST 546 383
- Coordinates
- 51.14287, -2.64964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Cottage and Old House is a house, now divided into two homes, dating from the 15th or 16th century, with extensive alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior features render and roofs made of pantiles and triple Roman tiles, which have uneven eaves and ridges. Originally an open hall house, it was later modified into a three-unit and cross-passage house with a kitchen wing. The building has two storeys and is arranged in a 1:2:2:2 bay configuration, with the right side featuring a projecting wing beneath a front-facing gable. Most of the windows are 20th-century two and three-light casements with glazing bars, although there are some 19th-century casements as well. There are two door openings for Yew Cottage: a 19th-century door to the left in a 20th-century pent-roofed outshut, and to the right, a plank door set in a moulded surround with a four-centred head. There is also a door opening to Old House on its right return. Inside, the south gable features a fireplace with a bressumer that has a decorative motif, along with a stud and panel screen.
Local climate
Old House Yew Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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