the cochrane family owns the dower house in the archers.
the cochrane family owns the dower house in the archers.
who owns the dower house in the archers?
the cochrane family
caroline sterling, née bone, formerly pemberton (born 3 april 1955; died 2017) (sara coward) moved to the village in 1977, aged 22, when she was hired by sid as barmaid in the bull. her career took off when in 1979 jack woolley offered her a job at grey gables and she eventually became manager. upon jack's retirement, she and partner oliver sterling managed to raise funds to buy the hotel and she became the proprietor. on her arrival she soon attracted the attention of many of the male villagers — she once had an affair with brian aldridge, and was romantically linked with former village doctor, matthew thorogood, and businessman and one-time estate owner cameron fraser (who disappeared with £60,000 of her savings), and she was engaged to non-stipendiary minister and vet robin stokes. in 1995 she married the new owner of the estate, guy pemberton (hugh dickson). after only seven months of marriage he suffered a fatal heart attack and left her the dower house and a majority share in the bull (which she sold to lilian bellamy, in order to raise funds to buy grey gables). when oliver sterling moved to the village she began an affair with him and they eventually moved into grange farm together. they were married in june 2006. sara coward died on 13 february 2017. in the episode on 11 july 2017, it was revealed that caroline had died suddenly but peacefully at the sterlings' second home in italy.
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on an english, scottish or welsh estate, a dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of the estate. the widow, often known as the "dowager", usually moves into the dower house from the larger family house on the death of her husband if the heir is married, and upon his marriage if he was single at his succession. the new heir occupies the now vacated principal house.









































the dower house might also be occupied by an elder son after his marriage, or simply rented to a tenant.
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