Hidcote Reading Retreat
Tax included where applicable. Delivery and commissioning arranged by your concierge.
QELNAVOR Retreats — a room at the end of the path
The Hidcote holds a chair, a wall of shelves and a window with weather in it — insulated to novel-length sessions in January, with the task light and socket exactly where the armrest ends.
Retreats are small buildings with large jobs: insulated floors, walls and roofs for four-season sitting, interiors lined in pale timber that holds the light, and glazing placed for a view rather than a spec sheet. Heating, power and quiet come pre-wired; the silence is the fit-out.
Design & Craft
- Insulated to novel-length sessions in January
- Task light and socket exactly where the armrest ends
- 5 years structure, 2 on fittings; parts stocked 15
- Assembled by our crews; packaging taken away
- A chair, a wall of shelves, a window with weather in it
- Interiors lined in pale timber that holds the light
Specifications
| Format | Reading: chair + shelves, 2.5 × 3 m |
| Shelving | Library-grade, engineered |
| Insulation | Novel-length January sessions |
| Power | Sockets + data pre-wired |
| Loads | EN 1991, CZ zones stated |
| Weight | ≈ 1749 kg |
| Warranty | 5 yr structure, parts 15 |
Care
Re-oil exposed timber every two to three years — one weekend, supplied oil — and clear roof gutters each autumn. Check fixings at year one, then forget them. Shingles and finials are stocked parts; storms are repaired, not mourned.
Questions, Answered
What maintenance does the interior need?
Pale timber interiors want dusting and an occasional oil; floors are finished for shoes-off living. The building's care card fits on one page.
Can it be a home office?
That is half our orders: quiet, insulated, wired for data, with light placed for screens. The commute is twelve metres of lawn.
The QELNAVOR Promise
Five years on the structure, two on moving parts, fifteen years of parts on the shelf — glass units, hardware, louvres, shingles and finials included.