The property is Grade II and was listed on 14th May 1986
Described by www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk as small house. Early C18 with a C20 extension. It is of coursed clunch rubble with some brick dressings. A plain-tile roof with brick gable stack. It was of a 2-unit plan. One storey plus attics. It has a doorway to the right of centre, between 2-light renewed casements, all with brick labels and jambs; two 2-light dormers. Roof is half-hipped to left with stack to right. C20 rear wing.
Little is known of the social history of the cottage but current owner, Claire, had been told that the cottage had formerly been a public house, named The Three Pigeons and had been used by soldiers in the Civil War. This is not, however, borne out by the British Listed Buildings dating of the property.
At the time of the 1939 register it was known as ‘The Yews’ and was inhabited by Ted Hussey, a farm tractor driver who was working for the Air Ministry at Benson.
Known Residents
1939 /1940– Edward (Ted) Hussey, Tractor Driver with his wife Henrietta
???? – 1998 – John & Olive Hitchcock, with Olive dying in 1996 and John in 1998. Planning permission for the extension mentioned in the cottages listing was granted to John Hitchcock in July 1974.
1999 – 2001 – Martin & Jane Joreensen