The Nash

THE NASH

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1157596
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1952
List Entry Name:
The Nash
Statutory Address:
THE NASH
User submitted image
Contributed by Charles Archive Collection This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Over 400,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2002-08-21
Reference:
IOE01/07483/31
Rights:
© Mr John Burrows. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1157596
Date first listed:
11-Aug-1952
List Entry Name:
The Nash
Statutory Address 1:
THE NASH

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE NASH

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Worcestershire
District:
Malvern Hills (District Authority)
Parish:
Kempsey
National Grid Reference:
SO 85861 47421

Details

KEMPSEY CP - SO 84 NE 7/10 The Nash 11.8.52 - II House. Circa 1600 with probable earlier remains. Altered 1831 and early C20. Brick with stone dressings and tile roof. Two storeys with attics. The south front is a balanced composition with two bays to each side of a central two-storey porch. Each bay has a crow-stepped gable. The present mullioned and transomed windows replace mullioned windows of 1831 shown in a photograph in VCH. They are of three lights with transom except for those on the ground floor of the middle bays and the first floor of the right- hand bay, which are of four lights. The attic is lit by 3-light mullioned windows. The porch has a cross-window on the first floor, a Tudor-arched doorway, and a gable with coping and finials. Chimneys have diagonal shafts. Interior: not accessible at time of survey (October 1986). Said to contain remains of timber-framing. The dinining room and oak bedroom are said to have oak panelling and plaster ceilings of c1600, with vine, rose, ash, oak and thistle in ogee patterns. Oak bedroom said to have large painted mantel of figures and strapwork dated 1598. Main stair said to be early C18, with slim twisted and columnar balusters and carved tread-ends. (BoE, p 203; VCH, Vol 3, p 430).

Listing NGR: SO8586147421

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
153323
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1913), 430
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968), 203

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of The Nash

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 22-Jun-2026 at 20:51:06.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos