Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Worthing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.
Dower House
- WRENN ID
- first-wicket-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dower House, Durrington Hill, BN13 2PX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 119 053
- Coordinates
- 50.83647, -0.41182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower House is a two-storey house located on Durrington Hill, originally built as outbuildings and now converted from a former barn. The main eastern section is constructed of flint with brick dressings and likely dates from the same time as Durrington Manor or slightly later. It features a tiled roof that is half-hipped at the eastern end. The north side has vertical quoin-bands, a dormer window towards the west end, and a modern ground floor window at the eastern end. The south front has been altered. To the west of the barn, there is a short cross-range that resembles a cottage, which was probably built before the Manor but has been largely reconstructed, including the west front that has reset old timber over the left ground-floor window. This section is also made of flint with brick dressings and has a tiled roof. A tablet on the north side indicates the year "1819." This building is included for its group value with Durrington Manor.
Local climate
Dower House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 applications
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