{"entry-date":"2013-01-29","start-date":"1986-06-18","end-date":"","entity":42155202,"name":"The Dower House East And The Dower House West","dataset":"listed-building-outline","typology":"geography","reference":"1045390","prefix":"listed-building-outline","organisation-entity":220,"geometry":"MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.978961 54.950097, -1.978969 54.950082, -1.978948 54.950078, -1.978977 54.950024, -1.978561 54.949951, -1.978519 54.950028, -1.978605 54.950043, -1.978581 54.950086, -1.978743 54.950115, -1.978758 54.950086, -1.978808 54.950095, -1.978803 54.950104, -1.978944 54.950129, -1.978961 54.950097)))","point":"POINT (-1.978749 54.950042)","quality":"authoritative","notes":"BROOMHAUGH AND RIDING A 695 NZ 0161 (North side) 22/55 The Dower House East and The Dower House West GV II House with early C17 core (possibly a bastle) enlarged and remodelled mid- and later C18 as dower house of Styford Estate, altered C19. Rubble except for squared stone at west end of north-west wing; south front rendered; stone slate roof to main range, slate roofs to rear. South front 2 storeys, 7 bays, irregular. Renewed door between bays 5 and 6, blocked door in bay 7; windows mostly sashes which have lost their glazing bars; 1st floor tromp l'oeil window to bay 7. Coped gables with moulded kneelers, stepped stone stacks to left end and ridge (3). Left return: set forward to left 2-bay end of north-west wing with rusticated quoins, chamfered plinth and sill strings. 12-pane sashes in architraves; central 8-pane attic sash in raised stone surround; coped gable with kneelers. Rear elevation shows gable end of mid-C18 stair wing (round-headed 12-pane sash with radial glazing in head, in surround with raised imposts and keystone) set back between later C18 north-west wing to right and pair of gabled late C181early C19 wings to left. Interior: Dower House West has stair with open string, stick balusters and ramped moulded handrail; moulded newels and carved tread ends. Drawing room in north-west wing has dentil cornice and 6-panel doors in panelled architraves. Dower House East shows 0.9 metre thick walls (bays 4 to 6 of main range), old chamfered beams and C18 fireplace with decorative cast-iron door to baking oven and round-arched recess for set pot. ,","listed-building":"1045390"}