Barn Cottage The Dower House

The Dower House and Barn Cottage is a detached house and adjoining converted barn located in Daglingworth. The building dates from the early 17th century and was extended in the mid-20th century in two phases. The original 17th-century section features pebble-dashed walls, while the extensions are made of random roughly squared limestone with a stone slate roof. There are 20th-century squared and dressed limestone stacks, as well as a red brick stack.

The structure has a rectangular plan with a baffle entry leading into the main body, which has 2 storeys and an attic, while the extensions are 1.5 storeys and single storey. The garden front has twin gables and is illuminated by 2 and 3-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casements with stopped hoods and leaded panes. A central double glass door with leaded panes is set within a hipped open-sided porch supported by two large tapering rectangular monoliths.

To the right, there is a single-bay extension with a 20th-century two-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casement on the ground floor and a similar casement in the half dormer above. The left gable end features a rectangular bay window with single-light and 4-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casements. The extensions at the rear have similar fenestration and some wooden casements. Access to the main body is through an early studded plank door with fleur de lys-ended strap hinges, located at the north-east corner of the 20th-century extension. This door is framed by a moulded almost flat Tudor-arched surround with an early lintel and carved spandrels displaying the initials 'R' and 'S', topped by a gabled porch with a Tudor arched entrance.

Barn Cottage has a garden front with 2-light wooden casements and timber lintels, and the upper floor is lit by four 2-light gabled half dormers. The building has axial and gable-end stacks. The interior of The Dower House has not been inspected but is said to have undergone substantial alterations in the 20th century.