The Dower House The Old Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. House. 9 related planning applications.
The Dower House The Old Dower House
- WRENN ID
- stranded-cinder-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached house, now divided into two separate residences. It dates to 1703, as indicated by the carved initials 'A/C/1703'. The Dower House section has a facade of finely dressed, squared tufa-like limestone, while the rest of the building is constructed of random limestone, except for the Old Dower House facade which is rendered. The chimneys have stone stacks, one dating to the 20th century, all with flat-chamfered cappings. The roof is covered in concrete tiles, with stone slate used on single-storey extensions.
The layout is roughly 'L' shaped, with a contemporary single-storey extension to the left gable end of The Dower House and to the right gable end of The Old Dower House. A 20th-century extension to the right of The Dower House is not considered to be of special architectural interest. Both sections have symmetrical facades with three stories and two windows.
The Dower House has stone-mullioned windows with ovolo mouldings to the ground and first floors. The second-floor windows have two lights; one with ovolo-moulded mullions and the other with flat-chamfered mullions. A 19th-century six-panel door with glazed upper panels is set within a surround, above which is a bull's-eye window featuring foliage decoration and initials and dates in the spandrels. The Old Dower House has flat-chamfered mullions to its second-floor windows. A 20th-century gabled porch incorporates a 19th-century four-panelled door and has a bull's-eye window with foliate decoration above the door. A two-light stone-mullioned window is found in the single-storey extension to the right.
Inside The Dower House is a contemporary dogleg staircase with turned balusters, where the newels are formed of groups of four or six balusters. The staircase also features sunken rectangular panels on each riser. Several 17th-century two-panelled doors are present, along with fielded panelling with bolection moulding above an upstairs fireplace, located between two 17th-century doors. The beams have moulded stops. The interior of The Old Dower House has not been inspected.
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