The Dower House Including Stable Range to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. House.

The Dower House Including Stable Range to Rear

WRENN ID
sombre-nave-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1984
Type
House
Address
The Dower House Including Stable Range to Rear, Melcombe Horsey
OS grid reference
ST 772 021
Coordinates
50.81846, -2.32402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dower House, which includes a stable range at the rear, is a mid-19th century rectory that has been converted into a house. It is constructed of flint and ashlar with a gable-ended tiled roof featuring stone-slate verges and stone coping. The building has central and end brick stacks and is designed in a T-plan. The main facade consists of two storeys and an attic with a two-window range, where the right bay is gabled. The stone mullioned windows are fitted with cast iron, octagonal pane casements, arranged in two lights, except for the ground floor right window, which has three lights. The right-hand windows feature returned labels, and there is a single trefoiled lancet window above.

Local climate

The Dower House Including Stable Range to Rear receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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