Listed Building record TR 16 SE 97 - Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn, Westbere

Summary

Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499

Location

Grid reference TR 1939 6102 (point) KNT
Map sheet TR16SE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Listed building : no additional information available

Description from record TR 16 SE 193:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 WESTBERE WESTBERE LANE (south side)
Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn TR 1961 33/668 29.9.52
II GV
2. The easternmost part is probably Cl5. Timber-framed building with plaster infilling. Diagonal braces on the ground floor, the first floor of the easternmost window bay oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists. Moulded Dragon post. Hipped tiled roof 2 storeys. Three casement windows. Original arched wooden doorcase on right hand side with blank spandrels. The east front is faced with plaster on the ground floor and with tarred weatherboarding above.
Listing NGR: TR1937961027 (1)

Formerly an open low 2-bay hall and higher upper-end cross wing of a medieval house. The cross wing is a 2-bay 2-storey wing jettied on three sides. (2)

HIStoric England archive material: BF040418 YE OLDE YEW TREE INN, WESTBERE File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/719 Labelled sheet of drawings of Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn, Westbere, with a sketch plan of the ground-floor, a dragon post detail, main post and crown-post profiles
RCH01/048/02/026 Plan of Ye Olde Yew Tree Inn, Westbere This is figure 26 in the book.


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 1:52PM