Old Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1988. House. 7 related planning applications.
Old Dower House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-string-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Dower House, Stratford Road, Cosgrove, MK19 7JA
- OS grid reference
- SP 790 424
- Coordinates
- 52.0752, -0.84846
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Dower House is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and features a plain-tile roof with brick end stacks, one of which is set on a stone base. The building is two stories high and has a three-window range, following a two-unit plan.
The entrance, located at the far right, consists of a 19th-century part-glazed panelled door that is framed by a pilastered wood surround and topped with a gabled porch. The house has 12-pane sash windows on both the ground and first floors, each with ogee-stop-chamfered wood lintels, some of which include additional bar stops. The gables are stone-coped and supported by kneelers.
To the left, there is a two-story, one-window extension, and to the right, a two-story, two-window extension, both likely added in the 19th century. Inside, the house features chamfered spine beams, some of which have bar stops.
Local climate
Old Dower House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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