Description

SO 97 SW BELBROUGHTON CP BOURNEHEATH ROAD (east side)
Fairfield

9/5 Yew Tree Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed
with painted brick and rendered infill, brick refacing and replacement walling,
partly rendered with tile-hung gable ends; machine-tiled roof. L-plan; main
part of three framed bays aligned north/south; central chimney bay with four
diagonal brick ridge stacks; two-bay south-east wing with large external sand-
stone chimney and rebuilt brick stack to north side. Two storeys. Framing:
some close-set studding at ground floor level visible to north-east; two rows
of panels with long straight lower corner braces at north end and north side
of east wing; no trusses visible. Main west elevation: ground floor has two
3-light casements and a single-light casement; all have cambered heads; three
first floor 2-light casements. South side elevation refronted in mid-C19;
three bays; two canted bay windows on ground floor with 3-light first floor
casements above; central first floor 2-light casement; central main entrance
has a gabled timber porch with moulded finial and glazed sides and a 4-
panelled door with a cambered head. Interior said to have large back-to-
back fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SO9486874651

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631945

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  For the Record
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments