Description

SX 99 NE BROADCLYST

5/29 Kerswell House
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- II

House. Circa 1840. Sandstone coursed rubble with Beer stone dressing, and slate
roofs, all wings gabled-ended. A good asymmetrical design in a Tudor domestic style
with varied detailing. 2 storeys with attics throughout.
Entrance front: 2 wings of different widths with a projecting gabled porch and
recessed stack between. Coped gables with pinnacle/pendants to prominent gable
apexes. Single light attic windows to wings. Right-hand wing has a lst storey
tripartite stone oriel, 2 timber barred sashes to each light, the central sash with
margin panes. Ground floor 2-light window with stone transom and mullion under
heavy hood mould, one pane to upper light, 2 to lower, all with margin panes. Left-
hand wing much narrower; 1st floor window, 2 lights, with stone mullion, two 4-pane
sashes to each light; single-light ground floor window with two 4-pane sashes, both
windows under heavy hood-moulds. Porch with moulded pinnacle above 4-centred arch
and square-headed hood-mould with floriated spandrels. Recessed stack creates depth
to entrance front with corbel table under 4 grouped and moulded Beer stone chimneys.
Garden front: a more relaxed composition of 3 units. Central wing, gable end with
parapet and pinnacle/pendants to apex and angles and, below an attic window, a 2-
storey window bay with a crenellated frieze dividing each storey. 3-light windows
to front of bay, one to each side, under hood moulds, all lights with 2 pane sashes
with margin panes. The front to left of wing with 2-light window above (with two 4-
pane sashes to each light), and a 3-light window to ground floor with two 6-pane
sashes to each light. To right of wing, 2 1st storey windows with two 4-pane sashes
to each light, one 2-light ground-floor window, 6 panes to each sash. All windows
under hood moulds. At the right-hand angle of this front is a ground-floor window
bay set diagonally, with a pair of single-light windows under the same hood mould,
two 6-pane sashes to each light. All sashes contemporary and timber. Other
elevations all treated more simply, windows, with moulded architraves plus later
barred timber sashes.
Historical note: the writer, Eden Philpotts (1862-1960) lived for many years at
Kerswell House and died here.

Listing NGR: SX9808995987

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618362

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  For the Record
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5