Building record 193/2 - Yewtree Farmhouse, Annions Lane

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

Late C16/Early C17 farmhouse. Timber framed with brick alterations and additions. T-shaped plan of hall and crosswing. Front has 9 x 3 cells of small framing. Openings are C19 and later.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Crewe & Nantwich Borough Council 1992 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Farmhouse was dismantled in 1991 and is to be re-erected at a later date on a new site.

<3> Historic England, 2011, The National Heritage List for England, 1330147 (Web Site). SCH6528.

Farmhouse, Grade II Listed. Late C16/early C17 with C18 additions. Timber framed with brick and rendered brick infill and a thatched roof under corrugated iron sheeting. T-shaped plan, two storeys. Entrance front: brick plinth supporting 9 x 3 cells of small framing. C19 door to centre with a C19 gabled porch before and 3-light casement windows to either side. To the first floor are a 3-light casement window at left and a similar 2-light window at right. The eaves are boarded in. The right hand gable end has whitewashed Flemish bond brickwork with a 3-light cambered headed window to the ground floor. To the right of this is the C18 wing with C19 and C20 fenestration of 2-light casement windows. The left hand gable end has 6 x 3 cells of small framing with angle braces to the corners and uprights and a V-strut to the gable. To the left is a lean-to under the same roof with small-framed walls and one panel of wattle and daub infill.

<4> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1991, Yew Tree Farmhouse, Annions Lane, Stapeley, Cheshire: Historic Building Report (Report). SCH9699.

An historic building survey was undertaken in 1991 for Yewtree Farmhouse, it concludes that the earliest surviving evidence indicates that it is a one and a half storey, timber-framed wing, probably of a hall and cross-wing house, dating to the mid to late 16th century. The wing comprised two bays of unequal size provideing two unheated chambers on both floors. The original hall range was to the east of the wing but its extent is unclear due to later re-building. The only fragments of the hall to survive are found in the north wall of the present brick range adjoining the wing. In the 17th century a stack was built into the north bay of the wing and a lobby entrance created by the insertion of a door through the east wall. It is unclear if the hall still existed at this time, however, the fact that a timber-framed lean to pantry was built in the northern re-entrant angle between the hall and wing probably indicateds that at least the upper end of the hall was in use during this period. Circa 1800, a three-storyed brick range was built in the position of the original hall. This range is entered by a door in the north wall and consists of a kitchen, pantry and stairs. The first and second floor each comprise two bedrooms.