Listed Building: THE DOWER HOUSE (1218538)

'SK37SW 1264-0/2/105 31/01/67 BRAMPTON GREEN LANE (South side) The Dower House (Formerly Listed as: CUTTHORPE The Dower House, Cutthorpe Hall) GV II House. Mid C17, with mid C19 alterations, and some C20 remodelling. Coursed rubble Coal Measures Sandstone with quoins, a chamfered low plinth in part, ashlar dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, gable and ridge brick stacks, and a stone slated roof. Lobby-entrance plan. South-east elevation of 2 storeys and attics, 5 bays, the 3 bays to the south-west end less altered than the remaining 2 bays. The doorway, set against the ridge stack to the central bay, is quoined, the surround having a complex double roll moulding. There is a massive lintel, above which is a hood mould with label stops. To the south-west are stacked, but slightly staggered, 3-light chamfered mullioned windows with drip moulds. Farther to the south-west are 2 enlarged ground-floor chamfered mullioned windows, both of which show evidence of C19 renewal, above which are two C19 glazing bar sashes, 4 x 4 panes, within flush stone surrounds. There are 2 gabled dormers to the attic level, each with a 2-light chamfered mullioned window beneath a drip mould. Between the 2 gables is a shallow parapet, with a stone spout emerging from it. The 2 bays to the north-east end have plain single-light openings except for a single wide 4-paned window. The rear elevation has 2 gabled ranges extending north-westwards, the shallower of which has a late C17 2-light mullioned window at first floor level, and a C17 single-light window at ground-floor level. Listing NGR: SK3449773003.'