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The Retreat and Attached Walls and Gatepiers

A Grade II Listed Building in Weston, Bath and North East Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3946 / 51°23'40"N

Longitude: -2.3778 / 2°22'40"W

OS Eastings: 373807

OS Northings: 166238

OS Grid: ST738662

Mapcode National: GBR 0Q8.KMB

Mapcode Global: VH96L.Q6SR

Plus Code: 9C3V9JVC+RV

Entry Name: The Retreat and Attached Walls and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 5 August 1975

Last Amended: 15 October 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1394424

English Heritage Legacy ID: 509823

ID on this website: 101394424

Location: Primrose Hill, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA1

County: Bath and North East Somerset

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bath

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


PRIMROSE HILL
656-1/14/1270

The Retreat and attached walls and gatepiers (Formerly Listed as: PRIMROSE HILL The Retreat Public House)
05/08/75
II

House, formerly public house, probably remodelling of early C18 house. Early C19 with C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: Painted render over brick, double pitched pantile roof with moulded stacks to party walls, truncated to right.
PLAN: Double depth plan.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, three-window range. Coped parapet rises at returns to meet stacks, hipped asbestos roof of deep canopy to first floor supported on cast iron trellised columns fronted by plain railings with lead ball ornaments, floor supported on four Tuscan columns. C20 French windows to first floor, ground floor, with clasping Tuscan pilaster to quoins has splayed reveals to two/two-pane sash windows flanking door with four glazed panels to top and roundels to base.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but noted as being altered.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached to right and extending forward brick lined rubblestone wall approx 3m high and 20m long that curves round and ramps down to meet chamfered rusticated gatepiers approx 3m high with wrought iron overthrow support to former inn sign. Wall continues downhill to left to meet wall attached to Strumble Cottage (qv).

Listing NGR: ST7380766238

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