The Retreat

SX 86 NW BROADHEMPSTON - The Retreat 2/190 - II House. Circa 1840/50. Stuccoed brick as stone with rusticated quoins. Bitumerised scantle slate roof with gabled end and deep bracketed eaves. Brick chimney stacks at gable ends. Plan: double depth plan with 2 principal front rooms with a central entrance hall and probably rear service rooms. Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3 bay front with original windows; 16 pane sashes and narrower central first floor 12 pane rails; all have stone sills. Central doorway with a rectangular overlight, C19 paralled door and a late C19 or early C20 glazed wooden porch with shaped bargeboards and a finial in the gable. The attic windows are 2 small bullseyes with radial glazing bars in each gable end, an unusual feature. The rear elevation may have original penetration. Interior: not inspected but probably contains its C19 joinery including its staircase.

Listing NGR: SX8080266344