The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1967. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- empty-groin-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, 81, London Road, Shardlow and Great Wilne, DE72 2GR
- OS grid reference
- SK 434 304
- Coordinates
- 52.86982, -1.35623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a late 18th-century house, altered in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with gauged brick dressings, and has a hipped slate roof with brick ridge stacks, together with an elaborate timber cornice. The house is two storeys plus attics, with five bays. A central moulded pilastered doorcase features a hood, panelled reveals, an ornately panelled door, and a plain overlight. This is flanked by pairs of tall, slender glazing bar sash windows, each set beneath a flat arch. Five more sashes are above, also set within similar arches. There are three hipped dormers in the roof, each containing a small-paned casement window. The west elevation features a tall, segmental-headed transomed staircase window. Inside, the east room retains an original Adam-style fireplace, while the west room has a mid-19th century marble fireplace, incorporating a segmental-headed niche on its east side.
Local climate
The Dower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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