Description

ST 69 SW ROCKHAMPTON NEWTON

4/245 Yew tree Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Rear block dates from early C17, rest of house late Cl7, with later
alterations. Rubble, roughcast to north and west, double Roman tiled roof at
front, pantiled to rear, with gable stacks and ridge stack. L-plan.
2 storeys, 3 windows, 3 steep gables rising to ridge height, 3-light casements
at ground and 1st floor, decreasing in size, 2-light casement in each gable,
2nd bay from left has panelled and glass door in moulded frame. North elevation
has two 2-light casements at 1st floor and one at ground floor, 1½ storey rear
kitchen wing has two 2-light casements at ground floor and gable rising to ridge
height to each side, with 2-light casement, single storey lean- to and brick gable
stack; south elevation of wing has plank door in heavy moulded frame. South
elevation of main block has 2-light casement at ground and 1st floor, limestone
sundial with scratch markings set at 1st floor level; rear repeats pattern of front,
except door in chamfered frame to right, and small blocked stair lights at ground
and 1st floor between 2 gables to left, only timber lintels remaining. Interior:
parlour and parlour-chamber beams chamfered with scroll and bar stops, all others
scroll-stopped, kitchen door with heavy ovolo-moulded frame cut back for passage
of barrels; winder stair against hall stack. (Sources: Hall, Linda : Rural Houses
of North Avon and South Gloucestershire (1400-1720. 1983).

Listing NGR: ST6472892685

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598907

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)