Description

OVERBURY CP PIGEON LANE (south side)
SO 9637 - 9737
10/139 No 34 (Yew Tree House)
GV II

House. 1905 by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. Coursed lime-
stone rubble and stone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses, gableted at
west end and with large ridge end stacks. Single storey and attic with
half-dormers. Three bays. Windows are all leaded casements. There are
two 2-light windows and a single-light window on the ground floor, all have
wedge lintels, and a central gabled half-dormer with a 2-light window. The
central entrance has a gabled rustic timber porch and a half-glazed door
with a wedge lintel. The front north-east corner of the building has the
lower angle chamfered back (as if to provide room for vehicle access) with
the upper part corbelled out flush with the main wall surfaces. On this
chamfered section of the wall is inscribed "YEW TREE COTTAGE/ AD 1905".
There is a lean-to addition at the west end with a 2-light window in its
front elevtion. (Newton, W G: The Life and Work of Ernest Newton, London,
1925).

Listing NGR: SO9617337875

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26357077

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2