The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1996. Cottage.

The Retreat

WRENN ID
third-cloister-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Country
England
Date first listed
14 August 1996
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SU 33 SW HOUGHTON

1073/4/10000 The Retreat

GV II

Pair of attached cottages. Circa 1830s. Rendered cob walls. Welsh slate hipped roof Brick axial stack at centre. PLAN: Rectangular on plan. Pair of attached cottages, each of 2-room plan, the centre rooms heated from back-to-back fireplaces in the central axial stack; the smaller end rooms unheated and with winder stairs at the front. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical2-window south front, the windows at the centre and with doorways to right and left with plank doors and simple rendered porches with open gabled slate roofs; C19 2-light casements with glazing bars, those on the right with mullion off-set to the right; rendered brick cills. 2-light casement on left [west] end wall and outbuilding attached to right [east] end. INTERIOR: C19 joinery intact including plank doors and winder stairs; chamfered cross-beams with run-out stops.

Listing NGR: SU3372133375

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