The Dower House
THE DOWER HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368007
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Dower House
- Statutory Address:
- THE DOWER HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1368007
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jun-1988
- 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.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rousham
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 48059 24096
Details
ROUSHAM ROUSHAM VILLAGE SP42SE 4/248 The Dower House GV II Parsonage, now house. Late C17; remodelled and attic storey added by William Wilkinson in 1874. Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar quoins and dressings; gabled and hipped concrete tile roof; brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3 window range. Plain ashlar architraves to central studded door, tripartite sash with glazing bars to right and 6-pane sashes. Haif-hipped gable to right and dormer to left have late C19 plate-glass sash to left and 6-panme sash to right. Two-storey service range of similar style to left. C18 doorway with plain keyed architrave in right gable end. Interior: central hall has late C17 dog-leg with landing staircase, renewed in 1860s, which has turned balusters on closed string; mid C19 panelled doors. (VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, p159)
Listing NGR: SP4805924096
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252904
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 159
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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