Retreat Waterloo House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.
Retreat Waterloo House
- WRENN ID
- wild-cobalt-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Retreat Waterloo House, High Street, Newport, CB11 3PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 521 337
- Coordinates
- 51.9814, 0.21371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Retreat and Waterloo House is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered building that has undergone significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as later changes. The northern section, known as Retreat, is faced in white brick and features a gabled roof. The building has two storeys, with Retreat having a two-window range and Waterloo House having a four-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The ground floor includes a modern shop front. The roofs are covered with slate, and there is a wing extending to the east at the rear, which has a tiled roof.
Local climate
Retreat Waterloo House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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