The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1949. House.

The Dower House

WRENN ID
dark-rotunda-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hillingdon
Constituency
Hayes and Harlington MP: John McDonnell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1949
Type
House
Address
The Dower House, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 088 773
Coordinates
51.48439, -0.43387
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dower House is an 18th-century building located on the east side of High Street in Harlinton. It features a two-storey structure with four windows, constructed of brown brick accented with red brick quoins and window dressings. The high-pitched roof is hipped on the right and has been renewed with machine tiles. A rebuilt 16th-century chimney is present. The building has sash windows with glazing bars, with those on the ground floor set beneath segmental brick arches. The entrance door consists of six fielded panels, and there is a sun assurance sign located at the center of the first floor. Additionally, there is a long rear wing attached to the main structure.

Local climate

The Dower House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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