Description

SJ 53 SE
7/72

PREES C.P.
GALES LANE (west side)
Yew Tree Cottage

GV
II

Pair of cottages, now one. Probably early C18 with later additions
and alterations. Light timber frame with red brick infill and later
rebuilding; corrugated iron over thatch roof. one storey and attic.
Framing: light horizontal rectangular panels to back wall, 4 from cill
to wall-plate, with irregular tie beam and V-struts from collar to right
gable end; C18 and later brick to front and left gable end. Early to
mid-C19 casement-fenestration; leaded fixed-light window to left with
multi-paned cast-iron casement to left of centre; raking eaves dormer
with leaded casement immediately to right. Boarded doors to centre
and right with ridge stack immediately to right of former. Interior:
ground floor has 2 rooms, left with chamfered spine beam and inglenook
fireplace with C19 cast-iron cooking range. Right room also has chamfered
spine beam and C19 grate in fireplace. Early C20 addition at right-
angles to rear on left is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5753033101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307642

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings