The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- narrow-brass-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Manor Road, Waltham Abbey, IG10 4AD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 406 980
- Coordinates
- 51.66366, 0.03278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is an 18th-century building, retaining its original front facade. It is colour-washed roughcast with an old tiled roof. The building is two storeys high with three sash windows featuring glazing bars within their reveals. The front door is flush-panelled, set within a surround of panelled pilasters, topped by a frieze and dentil moulding, and a cornice, all contained within a 19th-century gabled wooden porch.
Local climate
The Dower House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2011
- 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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