Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. House. 1 related planning application.
Dower House
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-storey-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dower House, Top End, Pytchley, NN14 1EX
- OS grid reference
- SP 856 747
- Coordinates
- 52.36437, -0.74309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower House is a building that originally consisted of three cottages and an adjoining barn, now converted into a house. It dates from the late 18th century and early 19th century, with alterations made in the mid-20th century. The structure is built of coursed rubble and features thatched and pantile roofs. It is designed in an L-shape, with one and two storeys and four bays.
The windows are primarily 20th-century, featuring two-light glazing bar casements. On the south side, the left section has a two-bay range with two casements on each floor, all with wooden lintels. To the right is a single bay that is set back, containing one casement on each floor. Further to the right is a single-storey bay that is also set back, which includes two casements and a 20th-century door. The far right features a two-storey addition built on the foundations of the former barn.
The west gable has two windows with wooden lintels, one of which is blocked, and above it to the left is a similar window. Inside, the building has chamfered spine beams and a fireplace bressumer without stops, along with an oak winder stair that has a square newel. Notably, the first floor of the central section has been removed.
Local climate
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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