The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. House. 11 related planning applications.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- old-ashlar-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Maugersbury Village, GL54 1HR
- OS grid reference
- SP 199 251
- Coordinates
- 51.92426, -1.71075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a former farmhouse, later used as a dower house, and now a detached house. It dates primarily to the 17th century, with additions and alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The house is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with a stone slate roof and ashlar stacks. The main rectangular section of the house has a 19th-century extension running to the rear left, along with a 20th-century extension to the left and a 20th-century single-story extension to the rear right, which are not considered to be of particular architectural interest. The main section of the house is two stories and has an attic lit by 2-light double-chamfered ovolo-mullioned casement windows. The front facade has four windows, with a mix of 3- and 4-light double-chamfered ovolo-mullioned windows, some dating to the 19th century and featuring horizontal glazing bars and stopped hoods. A 20th-century plank door, incorporating a small window at the top, is positioned off-centre to the right, set within a moulded 4-centred stone surround with imposts and a stopped hood. Two axial stacks are present on the main body of the house, each with moulded cappings. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Dower House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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