The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Retreat
- WRENN ID
- gentle-bracket-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Retreat, Stanford Road, Swinford, LE17 6BJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 569 794
- Coordinates
- 52.40966, -1.16363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat is a house built in the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped slate roof with two chimneys and overhanging eaves supported by paired brackets. The building has a plinth and is 2½ storeys high.
The west front is symmetrical with three bays. The central doorway has a moulded doorcase and a flat hood supported by brackets. The door itself is a raised and fielded six-panel design with a traceried overlight above. On either side of the doorway are single glazing-bar sash windows, each with painted flat arches and keystones. Above the doorway, there are three similar windows, with the central window being narrower. There are also three smaller, similar windows above these. At the rear, there is a long brick wing extending to the east.
Local climate
The Retreat receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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