The Dower House

The Dower House is a house dating to the late 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of coursed gritstone with a stone slate roof. Originally, it comprised two storeys and three bays. The front features a 20th-century panelled door within a chamfered surround with a dripmould, positioned to the right of centre, with a small window to its left. The ground floor has five-light recessed chamfered mullion windows, while the upper floor has three- and four-light mullion windows, all with dripmoulds. Ashlar gable coping and corniced end stacks are also present. Lower, two-storey, three-bay extensions are attached to the left and right sides, along with a 20th-century extension and further alterations. The Dower House is part of a larger group of buildings, originally shown as The Stables on Ordnance Survey maps, which were converted around 1975 into private houses, now known as Rudding Dower.