A house intended as the residence of a widow, typically one near the main house on her late husband's estate.
〈英〉寡妇住房（常在已故丈夫大宅院的附近）
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The plan is also backed by a historian, who says the dower house design is a continuation of tradition.
The sale is not unexpected, since the present marquess has never lived in the house, which in the past century has been in effect a dower house.
It was first constructed, we think, some time in the early to mid-17th century as a dower house and would have been quite grand in its time, not unlike the classical French chateaux.
Presumably there are plenty of spare dower houses on the estate, but it would be hard for her to live at Chatsworth if she were not in charge.
Designed by a notable York architect, the castle was originally constructed as a dower house for Sir Christopher's mother, but she chose to stay put at the main house.
When a landowner died, his son would inherit the estate while the widow would be offered a home on the estate for the rest of her life - a dower house.
Originally the dower house of the Courtown House Estate, Marlfield was bought by the Bowes from the Earls of Courtown in 1977.