Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Dower House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-corbel-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dower House, Dunstall Road, Barton-Under-Needwood, DE13 8AX
- OS grid reference
- SK 189 187
- Coordinates
- 52.76577, -1.72127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower House is a detached house built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of plastered brick and features a slate roof with plastered stacks. The house has two storeys and a three-window front with a pediment. The windows are sash style. There is a Tuscan column porch with flanking pedimented bays. On the south side, there is a notable iron verandah. Some new windows have been added to the west side, and the eaves are bold.
Local climate
Dower House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- 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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