Dower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. A Post-Medieval Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Dower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- drifting-flint-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Dower Cottage, King's Pyon, HR4 8PT
- OS grid reference
- SO 438 507
- Coordinates
- 52.1522, -2.82207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower Cottage is likely a late 17th or 18th century cottage, with alterations in the 19th century and later. It is constructed of sandstone rubble with a timber frame and plaster infill. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, and there is an external sandstone end stack with a baking oven and a detached shaft. The cottage has a rectangular three-bay plan aligned north-east to south-west. The north elevation features a small, leaded casement window on the right-hand side. The south elevation has three windows, with leaded casements within gablets, and a central entrance. The timber framing is arranged in four square panels from the cill to the raised eaves. Inside, the roof structure features raking struts and a collar supporting V-struts to the intermediate truss. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Dower Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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