Dower House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1963. A C19 House. 4 related planning applications.
Dower House
- WRENN ID
- rough-foundation-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1963
- Type
- House
- Period
- C19
- Address
- Dower House, Goathurst, TA5 2DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 256 343
- Coordinates
- 51.10373, -3.06293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dower House is a house that was formerly part of a rectory, built around the mid to late 19th century, which involved the rebuilding of an earlier structure. There is also a late 20th-century extension. The house is constructed from plastered stone, featuring rusticated quoins and bands, with slate roofs that have gabled ends and brick stacks with cornices.
The Dower House represents the rebuilt lower end of a Medieval house, which was remodeled and extended in the mid to late 19th century. The adjoining high end of the house, known as Paulet House, is separately listed. The lower end was rebuilt to serve as the service end of the Victorian house, which has since been divided into two separate houses, both of which are now listed.
The exterior of the house has two storeys and a four-bay east front, showcasing large sash windows with cambered heads and margin glazing bars. The right-hand bay is part of Paulet House, while a large late 20th-century addition is located on the left side.
Inside, there is a Victorian staircase featuring stick balusters, a moulded mahogany handrail, and turned newels.
Local climate
Dower House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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