Yew Tree Farm
Location/Address
Meadow Lane, Dunham Woodhouses
Type
Description
National Trust Record ID 50928*0 / MNA115255
Farmhouse: Dwelling house of c.1800. Built of brick in English garden wall bond with red machine brick dressings to the windows on the front elevation only. Single storey wash house extension to S of c.1910. Double pile plan, double fronted, three storey. Gable roof, slate covered, grey ridge tiles, barge boards, iron gutters and downpipes. Chimneys are axial with red machine brick oversailing and plain red ceramic pots. All renewed since 1900 but original roof timbers remain in situ. The windows to the front elevation are 2-light, 3-pane to the ground and first floors and 2-light, 2-pane to the second floor, all under segmental brick arches with stone sills. To the rear the windows are a mixture of 2-light 2-pane casements under segmental brick arches, a fixed casement 8-pane stair window with 2-light, 8-pane window over to second floor. Evidence for blocked windows at both gable ends. The front door is heavy timber with six fielded panelled set back in a basket arch, very similar to the doorway at Manor Farm (SMR No). Four fielded panel door under segmental brick arches to gable end. Internally, the doors are board over panelled timber with moulded architraves. Handsome timber staircase through all floors, dog-leg with shallow risers, closed string and newel posts. Balusters are boarded over. Cellar under stair only, with one window. The ground floor is tiled, concrete or timber. The first and second floors are timber. Single-storey wash house extension of c.1910 to S, gable roof with slates, red ridge tiles and barge boards. Iron gutters and downpipes. Chimney inside at gable with red machine brick oversailing and tall ceramic pot. The windows are 2-light, 2-pane casements under segmental brick arches with stone sills.
Included for its continuation of the local use of simple classical proportions and good-quality brickwork. The 19th century L-shaped range retains historic features such as its high-level door into a hayloft. It has continued to operate as part of the farm and buffers the impact of the larger, modern barns set further back from the road.
National Trust Record ID: 50929*0 / MNA119001
Main Range: L-shaped plan, two-storey range of c.1800 with later additions and alterations of c.1910. Built of brick in English garden wall bond with Flemish garden wall bond to the NE elevation. Single storey gable roofed extension to S. Gable roof with slates, grey ridge tiles, slight overhung verge but no barge boards. King post trusses with braces, purlins and rafters. Uneven ridge line to southern wing. Single-vented louvre with lead covered pyramidal cap to southern wing. The windows are 3-light, 3or 4-pane central-pivot top light opening casements under segmental brick arches. Pitching eye with plain brick dressings. The doors are battened timber under segmental brick arches. Horizontal sliding door to SW facing wall. Loading door in SE gable with raking tile sill.
Statement of Significance
None recorded
Date Listed
20 Mar 2023
Last Updated
15 Jun 2022
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