East Kerscott is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1986. House.
East Kerscott
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-wicket-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- East Kerscott, Swimbridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 633 294
- Coordinates
- 51.0479, -3.95019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Kerscott is a house that was originally built in the 17th century and later remodeled with its roof raised around 1830 to 1840. The exterior features painted rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with a slate roof that has gable ends. There are twin stacks at the left gable end, a rendered stack at the right gable end, and a lateral hall stack at the rear, which has offsets and a tapered cap, all enclosed by a 19th-century two-storey outshut.
The house has a layout of three rooms with a cross-passage, which was likely once a through-passage plan. This layout was significantly expanded in the 19th century with the addition of a two-storey outshut and a two-storey gabled dairy wing at the rear right end. The building stands two storeys high and features a four-window range with 16 paned hornless sash windows, most of which still have their original glass. There is an off-centre porch supported by plain unmoulded clasping pilasters, leading to a six-panelled inner door. A fire insurance plaque from the "West of England, Exeter" is located between the central first-floor windows.
Inside, the house has wide span 19th-century roof trusses, and much of the 19th-century joinery remains, with most doorways featuring two-panelled doors. The inner room has a marble chimneypiece with a tiled surround. The outshut includes a three-ringed creamery with a lime-ash floor, and the dairy fittings are intact, including a large central slated chest cover for the well.
Local climate
East Kerscott 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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