The Nash is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Nash
- WRENN ID
- crooked-passage-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Nash, Kempsey, WR5 3PB
- OS grid reference
- SO 858 474
- Coordinates
- 52.12493, -2.20793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nash is a house dating from around 1600, with possible earlier elements. It was altered in 1831 and again in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a tiled roof. It stands two storeys high with attics. The south front features a balanced design with two bays on either side of a central two-storey porch, each bay topped with a crow-stepped gable. The current windows are mullioned and transomed, replacing earlier mullioned windows from 1831, as shown in a photograph in the Victoria County History. The windows are generally three lights with a transom, except for the ground floor of the middle bays and the first floor of the right-hand bay, which have four lights. The attic is illuminated by three-light mullioned windows. The porch includes a cross-window on the first floor, a Tudor-arched doorway, and a gable with coping and finials. The chimneys feature diagonal shafts.
The interior was not accessible during the survey in October 1986, but it is reported to contain remnants of timber-framing. The dining room and oak bedroom are said to have oak panelling and plaster ceilings from around 1600, decorated with vine, rose, ash, oak, and thistle in ogee patterns. The oak bedroom is noted for a large painted mantel featuring figures and strapwork dated 1598. The main staircase is believed to be early 18th century, with slim twisted and columnar balusters and carved tread-ends.
Local climate
The Nash receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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