The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1985. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.

The Retreat

WRENN ID
dreaming-stone-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1985
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
The Retreat, the Green, Crosscanonby, CA15 6RG
OS grid reference
NY 059 375
Coordinates
54.72396, -3.4613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Retreat is a house dating from the early 19th century. It features painted stucco walls with angle pilasters and a stone parapet, topped by a graduated greenslate roof with rendered chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has five bays, with a lower two-storey, three-bay extension on the right side. The central bay is canted and includes panelled double doors beneath stone panels, along with tall two-light windows set in stone surrounds. The sash windows have chamfered painted surrounds and are topped with hoodmoulds. The extension features a linenfold panelled door with an overlight, while there is a 20th-century garage door to the right. The sash windows throughout have glazing bars and are framed in painted stone surrounds.

Local climate

The Retreat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 3 transactions since 2007
  • 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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