The Dower House Wytham, England
Listed Building Data
The Dower House has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1182939
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 9 February 1966
- Name
- THE DOWER HOUSE
- Location
- THE DOWER HOUSE
- Parish
- Wytham
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Grid Reference
- SP 47596 08610
- Easting
- 447596.0000
- Northing
- 208610.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
WYTHAM SP4708 10/170 The Dower House 09/02/66 (Formerly listed as Post Office and store, The Dower House. Cottage to W of Post Office and store, Dower House) GV II House. Late Cl7/early C18: refronted mid C19. Uncoursed limestone rubble, roughcast front; gabled artificial stone slate roof; symmetrical end stacks of stone with moulded drip course and stone finished in brick rebuilt in C20. L-plan with rear left wing. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Mid C19 half-glazed door: bracketed hood with sundial and inscribed "FS 1859". Two-storey-and-attic square bay window to left has chamfered wood-mullioned lights: canted bay window to right has narrow sashes set in chamfered stone-mullioned lights: 2- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows above: similar 2-light window in gabled roof dormer. Late C18 cottage of limestone rubble with gabled stone slate roofs to left: mid C19 range to right. 2-storey rear wing of similar materials has 2 mid C19 three-light Gothic casements. Interior: cased and chamfered beams. Mid C19 spiral staircase with stick balusters.
Listing NGR: SP4759608610
