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Retreat House — Barrack Road

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Retreat House — Barrack Road
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Archival Description [Demolished 2013]: Detached five-bay two-storey house, extant 1778, on an L-shaped plan; single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey lower return (east). Occupied, 1901-20. Burnt, 1920. Renovated, ----, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof; replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof (east), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber boarded double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings (east) with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set in redeveloped grounds with roughcast stepped boundary wall to perimeter having concrete coping.

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