The Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1959. A Early 19th century House. 1 related planning application.
The Dower House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-merlon-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1959
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Address
- The Dower House, High Street, Kingweston, South Somerset, TA11 6BA
- OS grid reference
- ST 527 308
- Coordinates
- 51.07494, -2.67586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dower House is a detached house that was formerly a rectory, built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone that is cut and squared, with some dressings in Doulting stone. The house features a hipped roof made of Welsh slate and has yellow brick chimney stacks. It stands two storeys tall and has four bays, with the northernmost bay being an addition. The windows include 20-pane sash windows in bay 1 and upper bay 4, 24-pane sashes in bays 2 and 3, and a 25-pane sash in lower bay 4. In lower bay 3, there is a pair of flush panelled doors set in a semi-circular arched recess with a radial glazed fanlight, which is protected by a stone tiled open porch that dates from 1933. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Dower House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- 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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