The Bower is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Bower
- WRENN ID
- low-rubblework-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Bower, 9, North Street, Bere Regis, BH20 7LA
- OS grid reference
- SY 849 949
- Coordinates
- 50.75392, -2.21454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bower is a late 16th- to early 17th-century cottage, extended and altered. It is located on North Street, Bere Regis. The building is constructed of cob and brick, with a rendered finish and a thatched roof. Originally a 3-bay structure, a left bay was added later and is of brick. A 20th-century door is set within an open timber porch on the right. The left bays feature casement windows with glazing bars, the left one being smaller. A similar window is on the first floor of the central bay, accompanied by a small 4-pane casement to its right. The roof is hipped, with a decorative thatch ridge and a brick ridge stack aligned with the door, along with a further stack at the left end. The left return, which is a roadside gable, has a recessed ground-floor window and a wide 18-pane side-sliding sash window above. The interior, which has not been inspected, is reported to contain a timber bressumer and beams in the central room.
Local climate
The Bower receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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