Building record 1343700000 - Yew Tree Cottage, Common Lane

Summary

Eighteenth century house formerly known as Yew Tree Cottage now Appletree Cottage, used as a beer house in the nineteenth century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1246871: YEW TREE COTTAGE (DBC1764)

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
  • BEER HOUSE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Cottage. Mid/late C18. Brick of shallow and elongated bricks, now painted. Dentil moulded cornice on all facades. Hipped plain tile roof. Brick side stacks. Central entrance plan. Two storeys. 2-window range. Symmetrically arranged triple-light, central-casement, windows on main facade. Ground-floor windows with shallow brick arches. Central door. INTERIOR. Ground-floor rooms with half-height beaded plank wainscotting. Plank doors, one capped with curved broken pediment. Victorian fireplaces. 2 small weather-boarded one-storey outshots with corrugated roof. Used as a Beer House in C19 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. Added 27th March 2001.

Location

Grid reference SU 93687 86317 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 8:11PM

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