The Dower House
THE DOWER HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188332
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Dower House
- Statutory Address:
- THE DOWER HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1188332
- Date first listed:
- 12-Dec-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Dower House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DOWER HOUSE
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Follifoot
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 33560 53567
Details
SE 35 SW FOLLIFOOT RUDDING DOWER
4/11 The Dower House
- II
House. Late C17 and C18. Coursed gritstone, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. C20 panelled door in chamfered surround with dripmould, to right of centre, with small window to left. 5-light recessed chamfered mullion windows to ground floor, 3- and 4-light mullion windows above, all with drip-moulds. Ashlar gable coping and end corniced stack. Lower 2-storey, 3-bay extensions to left and right, with C20 extension and alterations. The Dower House forms part of the south range of the group of buildings shown as The Stables on the Ordnance Survey map. All the buildings were converted c1975 into private houses, and the group is now known as Rudding Dower. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No 300, June 1977.
Listing NGR: SE3356053567
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330674
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report in June, Vol. 300, (1977)
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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