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Kerswell Green is a village in the 
Malvern Hills District
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county, including the outlying towns of Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Sever ...
of Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...
, England. It is within the civil parish of Kempsey.
Kerswell Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed timber-framed
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large woode ...
, painted brick building dating from late medieval
The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renai ...
times and extended in the 17th century. The listing details show it as gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
ended and with a thatched roof
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...
.
St John the Baptist, Church of England was built circa 1884 as a chapel of ease or mission church to Kempsey parish church. It is closed for worship.
On 23 July 1933 there was a dispute over the erection of a fence barring a footpath. Some parishioners wanted to enforce a claimed right of way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
but were met with determined opposition. The report in the ''Evesham Standard'' said two palings were wrenched off the fence but the attackers were forced to retreat. Two policemen observed the proceedings and one tried to act as peacemaker. A degree of calm ensued while one policeman rescued a cat trapped up a tree. After the respite the fence was breached, but soon re-erected. An inquiry had been held earlier in the year by Upton District Council but the matter rested owing to insufficient proof of the existence of a right of way.
In 2009 approval was given to replace a septic tank serving seven houses with a sewage pumping station.
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Villages in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub