The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1998. House. 1 related planning application.

The Dower House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Windsor MP: Jack Rankin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1998
Type
House
Address
The Dower House, Crimp Hill, Old Windsor, SL4 2HL
OS grid reference
SU 981 733
Coordinates
51.45061, -0.58908
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dower House is a late 18th-century house, altered and extended in the late 20th century. It is constructed of painted brick with tile hipped roofs hidden behind a parapet, and designed in a Gothic style. The house has a nearly square plan with extensions to the left and rear, all in a matching style.

The external appearance is characterized by three brick chimneys with clay pots and a mix of original and later windows. Original 18th-century leaded casement windows have pointed-arched heads, while later 20th-century windows feature glazing bars and pointed arched heads. The south-west front, which serves as the entrance front, has five bays. The first floor's central section is distinguished by three two-light casement windows with ogee hoodmoulds above. The ground floor features six-light canted bays with flat roofs on either side of a central half-glazed entrance door. The entrance is protected by an ogee metal-roofed porch supported by columns with leaf capitals and moulded bases, as well as matching pilasters. A recessed bay on the left has a two-light casement window on the first floor and a six-light canted bay on the ground floor, while a set-back bay on the right has an embattled parapet. A three-light leaded window is on the first floor of the right bay, and a plank door with a fanlight containing interlaced glazing and a pointed head is on the ground floor. A small recessed panel sits between the door and the first-floor window. Original leaded windows with pointed heads are also present at the side and rear of the property. The interior of the house has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Dower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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