The Dower House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A C18 House.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- grim-soffit-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Dower House, Weekley
- OS grid reference
- SP 900 815
- Coordinates
- 52.42448, -0.6772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a house dated 1705, as indicated on the rainwater head. It features a front made of limestone ashlar, with red brick on the sides and rear, and a timber cornice. The roof is hipped and covered with Collyweston stone slate, topped by two large moulded stone ridge stacks. The building has two storeys and an 11-window range. There are double part-glazed doors in a small porch located in bay 8. The facade is very plain, with plate-glazed cross casements and nine 2-light casement pedimented dormers. A low later block connects the Dower House to Boughton House. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Dower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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