Building record 1827/1 - Yew Tree Farmhouse

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Summary

Grade II listed farmhouse built in 1654 and later altered. It has a brick-nogged oak frame with a cross-gable at each end. The cross gables were both rebuilt in brick and a 20th century brick lean-to added to the right. The slate roof pitches steeply and there is a massive ridge chimney of brick. Internally the oak frame is almost complete, but comprehensively restored. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to create solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting.

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Yew Tree Farmhouse. Dog Lane. 1654, altered to rear. Brick-nogged oak frame with cross-gable at each end, both rebuilt in brick to rear and with C20 brick lean-to extension to right; part of oak frame removed from left front gable. Slate roof of steep pitch. Massive ridge chimney of brick. Replaced door of oak boards in opening with slightly arched soffit bears date and initials JC for John Cawarden, who married into the Leche family and initiated the Carden Estate. Early C19 Gothic casements of wood to front. Interior: Lobby entrance with back-to-back inglenooks behind, that to right with small fire-window and separate quadrant stair with oak winders to each side. A stopped ovolo beam over central room, a stop-chamfered beam over left room and a massive chamfered beam over right room. Jowled posts, one carved with fleur-de-lis. Internally the oak frame is almost complete, but comprehensively restored. Full architectural description (1).


<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/11 (Report). SCH1934.

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  • <1> Report: Department of the Environment. 1971-2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. N/A. /5/11.

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Grid reference SJ 463 556 (point)
Map sheet SJ45NE

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Jun 11 2018 11:54AM