Description

SJ 40 NE CONDOVER C.P. CONDOVER

5/75 Yew Tree Cottage
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GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Probably C15, re-modelled early C17 with later
additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill and
cladding, machine tile roofs. Hall of 3 or 4 framed bays with 2-bay
cross-wing projecting to right. One storey and attic, dentilled eaves
cornice to hall range; framing: exposed to back wall, square panels,
3 from cill to wall-plate, and to gable end of hall range - much renewed
with decorative lozenge motifs; rear gable of cross-wing has V-struts
from collar characteristic of C17 timber frame; fenestration all late
C19 and C20, 3 casements with segmental heads to ground floor of hall
range with larder window to left, 2 roughly central gabled dormers in
roof slope, one casement on each floor to cross-wing, both with segmental
heads; entrance in angle between hall and cross-wing through C20 lean-to
glazed porch; tall red brick ridge stack to centre of hall range and a
shorter subsidiary stack to right. Interior: inspection not possible
at time of re-survey (1985), but noted as having 3 true cruck trusses
with Alcock apex type L2. Alcock (1981), p.143.

Listing NGR: SJ4937505947

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307365

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)