The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- floating-wall-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT
- OS grid reference
- SK 605 233
- Coordinates
- 52.80441, -1.10347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a large house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of stuccoed brick with a roof of Swithland slate. The main west-facing facade is set at a right angle to Brook Street and consists of a two-gabled range. A central doorway is recessed within a round arched opening, and to either side are bay windows. The window to the right is three-sided with curved angles, while the window to the left is a full bow, both featuring bowed sashes. There are tall sash windows above. The building has decorative barge boards. The front elevation overlooking the road includes four 12-light sashes, two of which are blocked, and a central axial stack.
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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
- 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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