The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1973. Cottage.
The Retreat
- WRENN ID
- night-passage-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Retreat, Greenhead, Sidmouth
- OS grid reference
- SY 137 916
- Coordinates
- 50.71783, -3.22289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat is a 2-storey cob cottage located in Greenhead, Sidbury, dating from 1633, with possible alterations from the 18th or early 19th century. It features a thatched roof and has two 2-light 19th-century casement windows on the first floor. The ground floor includes a later canted bay window with a slate roof, which extends over the entrance, creating a porch. The door consists of four moulded panels, two of which are glazed.
Local climate
The Retreat receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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