The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. House.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- dim-porch-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Charlton Park Road, Bishopsbourne, CT4 5JA
- OS grid reference
- TR 191 518
- Coordinates
- 51.22339, 1.13752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House, formerly known as Nos 1 and 2 The Cottage, is a late 18th century building located on the south-east side of Charlton Park Road in Bishopsbourne. This two-storey structure is constructed of red brick and features a hipped tiled roof. A brick band runs between the storeys. The house has four windows with pointed arches and Gothick glazing, along with a pointed arched door. On the ground floor, there are four windows, although one of them is blank.
Local climate
The Dower House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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