The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. A C18 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
The Retreat
- WRENN ID
- hushed-truss-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Retreat, 62, Fore Street, City of Plymouth, PL7 1NB
- OS grid reference
- SX 543 557
- Coordinates
- 50.38319, -4.05051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat is a probable farmhouse located at the edge of Plympton St Maurice, dating from the 18th century. The building features roughcast render and an asbestos slate roof, which includes a central hipped dormer with a mid to late 19th century four-pane hornless sash window. The structure is two storeys tall, plus an attic, and has a symmetrical three-window front. There is a 20th century moulded hood supported by consoles above a six-panel door, which has the top two panels later glazed. The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.
Local climate
The Retreat sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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