Kewsland is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.

Kewsland

WRENN ID
long-eave-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
House
Address
Kewsland, Bishop's Tawton, EX32 0EX
OS grid reference
SS 600 262
Coordinates
51.01815, -3.99658
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House, dating from the 16th century, with alterations in the 20th century. The upper storey is roughcast and colour-washed, while the lower storey is of exposed rubble stone. It has a half-hipped thatched roof. A lateral stack is located at the front, featuring a battered cap and a drip; this has been heightened in brick and incorporates a projecting bread oven with a slate cap. A tall rubble stack, also with a bread oven, brick shaft and weatherings, is situated at the rear. The house originally had a three-room through-passage plan. The front has a three-window arrangement, with small openings containing three 2-light casements, each with six panes of glass. A 2-light and a 3-light hall window, each with four panes of glass, are to the left of the stack. A slated lean-to canopy covers the through-passage doorway to the right, and there's a 20th-century single-storey projection with a lean-to roof at the right end. The rear elevation, facing the road, has a gabled thatched dormer in the centre above two outshuts with a slated lean-to roof. The interior was recorded by Alcock in his "Cruck Catalogue" as containing three pairs of cruck blades with an "H-type apex," and it is said to have oak panelling in the hall.

Local climate

Kewsland receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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