The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Retreat
- WRENN ID
- winding-paling-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Retreat, 24, High Street, Roade, NN7 2NW
- OS grid reference
- SP 758 517
- Coordinates
- 52.15887, -0.89297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat is a cottage that dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. The building has a two-unit plan and is two stories tall with a two-window range. A 20th-century plank door is located to the right, topped with a 20th-century hood supported by brackets and a wooden lintel. To the right of the door is a two-light casement window, while a three-light casement window is situated to the left on the ground floor. The first floor has two-light casement windows set in eyebrow dormers, all featuring wooden lintels. There is a single-storey 20th-century extension at the left end. Inside, the cottage includes an ogee-stop-chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, along with a collar-truss roof.
Local climate
The Retreat sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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