The Dower House
THE DOWER HOUSE, BACK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1024113
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Dower House
- Statutory Address:
- THE DOWER HOUSE, BACK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1024113
- Date first listed:
- 02-Sept-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Dower House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DOWER HOUSE, BACK STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE DOWER HOUSE, BACK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilmington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 20892 43572
Details
ILMINGTON BACK STREET SP2043 (West side) 9/34 The Dower House 02/09/52 (Formerly listed as Dower House)
GV II
House. C16 and C17. Limestone ashlar with quoins and coped gables. Stone slate roof with ashlar ridge stacks. 2 storeys plus attic; 3-window range. Double depth plan, the gabled wings to front. To centre a C20 plank door within moulded stone surround With hood, and lintel with keystone. To left of door a 6-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window with king mullion. To right a 5-light mullioned window. To left and right of first floor a 4-light mullioned window with a 2-light mullioned window between. In each gable a 3-light mullioned window. All mullioned windows have hood moulds and label stops. Small coped gable to centre. Interior: Cl6 north side has spine beams with ogee stops. Also. ovolo-moulded spine beam. Chamfered spine beams to first floor. Stone flagged floors. Timber and plaster partition. C18 turned-baluster-dog-leg staircase rising to attics. Original landing planks. In first floor room a date is scratched, 1721. To first floor a stone fireplace with ovolo hood and carved lintel. Also a carving of the Tudor Rose to centre. Further moulded fireplace, with moulded hood. In attic, trusses of queen strut roof visible. Original purlins. Some old plank doors remain. In mullioned window an original casement with catch. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.5, pp.98-99).
Listing NGR: SP2089243572
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 306398
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1949), 98-99
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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