The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Residential.

The Retreat

WRENN ID
hushed-cornice-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1984
Type
Residential
Address
The Retreat, High Street, Burton Bradstock
OS grid reference
SY 486 896
Coordinates
50.70378, -2.72827
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Retreat is an attached house dating from the early 19th century. It features rubble stone walls that have been re-pointed, with brick quoins at the right-hand corner. The roof is made of clay tiles and stone slabs at the eaves, topped with stone gable copings. There are brick stacks at each gable. The house has two storeys and two windows, which are sashes with glazing bars that were renewed in the 20th century, and have gauged brick window heads. The front door, located on the left side of the ground floor, is made of wood with flush panels and glass lights, dating from the early 19th century. It is framed by a reeded door surround and has a bracketed wooden canopy above.

Local climate

The Retreat receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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