The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- fading-paling-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Church Close, Melbourne
- OS grid reference
- SK 388 249
- Coordinates
- 52.82099, -1.42501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a house built in 1829, with later alterations from the late 19th century and a 20th-century addition. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a hipped slate roof with an ashlar ridge stack and a moulded eaves cornice. The house has two storeys and four bays, along with a 20th-century addition to the west.
On the south elevation, there is a glazing bar sash window to the west and an advanced bay window to the east, which includes double glazed doors at the front with narrow flanking sidelights, as well as a moulded cornice with a blocking course above. To the west, there are two full-height windows with 20th-century glazed doors, and above these are four glazing bar sash windows. The western addition also features glazing bar sashes.
The east elevation has an off-centre pilastered doorcase with a panelled door, flanked by narrow sidelights and topped with a moulded cornice supported by carved consoles. A rear window has a datestone above it inscribed with 'I E 1829'. Inside, the central room contains an early 19th-century marble fireplace with reeded jambs and carved roundels in the top corners, while the staircase is from the late 19th century.
Local climate
The Dower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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