I can't tell what it is but it looks like crap mainly because they topped it and it's not responding very well. I would take it out. You can do much better.

Probably an ash Fraxinus. Ditto to remove that truly dreadful hatrack job.

Resin

If karma catches up with whoever did that, they're in for some real pain!

I'm going to have a professional take a look at it. I wish I would have asked the previous owners why they had it cut like this. It's really a shame.

Thanks.

"I wish I would have asked the previous owners why they had it cut like this."

I can tell you with certainty, but they might not be able to. They did it because they didn't have a clue as to what they were doing.

Agree with Resin on the Fraxinus. And with everyone else on the butchery.

Since the pruning is uneven it might have been damaged by drought, pathogens or pests before being cut back, in response to the damage.

Sigh....my next door neighbor did this with a row of birch and liquidambers. Painful...

Concur that you should take it out, sorry.

Do not worry what kind of tree this is. Hurry and put it out of its misery and grind out the trunk also.

I am partial to these.

Here is a link that might be useful: Art

I'm going to have a professional take a look at it.

==>> very frankly.. thats a waste of money.. presuming you would have to pay for such

hire an INSURED guy with a chainsaw .... and get rid of it ... get 3 estimates.. and insist on INSURANCE .... [BTW.. thats 3 FREE opinions.. lol] ....

they did that.. because it was improperly planted.. too close to the house.. and was probably dropping large dead branches on the house ... what more do you need to know ...

be done with it ...

ken