Description

WEM RURAL C.P. EDSTASTON
SJ 53 SW
6/140 Yew Tree Farmhouse
-
- II

Shown on O.S. map as Yew Tree House.
Farmhouse. C17, altered late C18, with later additions and alterations.
Painted brick largely concealing or replacing timber frame; plain tile
roof with crow-stepping to left gable end. 3-unit baffle-entry plan
with half-length brick lean-to to rear. One storey and attic with
dentilled eaves cornice. Late C19 casements with C18 segmental heads,
one to left and 2 to right of 4-panel door under C19 open gabled porch
with cast-iron columns; late C19 gabled eaves dormers directly above
right windows. Reddish brown stack immediately behind ridge to left
of entrance. Timber framed square panels exposed to right gable end,
now concealed by attached C19 farmbuilding (not of special architectural
interest). C19 single-storey brick lean-to to left gable end. Interior:
chamfered spine beams and heavy joists to 2 main ground-floor rooms.
Massive stack, stepped on first floor, with rebuilt inglenook fireplace
to left ground-floor room; dog-leg staircase behind stack in right
room. Single-purlin roof with straight windbraces and collar and
tie beam exposed to first truss from left.

Listing NGR: SJ5198131582

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26682324

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas