Yew Tree Cottage

Yew Tree Cottage was built around 1600 as a 2-bay cottage. A second brick cottage was added on the southern end around 1830. 

This Grade II-listed cottage, built around 1600, was originally a two-bay construction with a smoke-hood at the north end. A brick-built hearth, chimney and bread oven were later added at the back wall of the left-hand bay. In 1830, a small brick dwelling named Holly Cottage was added at the south end. This had its own chimney, hearth, front door and gate. In 1970, the two cottages were joined to became one.

In 1831, a baker, Benjamin Keene, lived here, and he may have been responsible for the bread oven.  An earlier name for this cottage was ‘Lucis at Birchette End’, a reference to the Birchett Pond end of Tintalow Green.