The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1953. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- stark-keep-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire MP: Mike Wood (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Hollybush Lane, Codsall, WV8 2AT
- OS grid reference
- SJ 859 026
- Coordinates
- 52.62145, -2.20909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a house built in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features an M-shaped clay tile roof with shaped and coped gable parapets, along with stone urns on moulded kneelers and double brick end stacks. The building has two parallel ranges and stands three storeys high with three windows. The windows are glazing bar sashes that have raised key stones and gauged brick heads. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door and a rectangular fanlight with radiating glazing bars, which is flanked by Tuscan pilasters and has an architrave, frieze, and triangular pediment. The front walls of the former low pavilions on the left and right ramp up to the main house, and each pavilion features a single blind round-headed arch. Inside, there is a staircase with turned balusters and an inlaid marble fireplace.
Local climate
The Dower House 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 5 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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