Shortly after the completion of the neo-Gothic monastery church in 1849, the additional terraced houses for the conventual nuns were built. The high quality and great attention to detail are indications that the design came from Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel, who also planned the new construction of the monastery church.

In the new terraced houses on the ladies’ retreat, very comfortable apartments were available to the aristocratic nuns, i.e. the canonesses. Each individual apartment ranged over two floors. Together, these four terraced houses create the appearance of a manor house with a central risalit. This is the name given to a central, mostly decorative projection in the central axis of a building, as can be found in many baroque mansions and castles in Mecklenburg.

The building with the terraced houses is the newest building in the entire monastery complex and was the first to be renovated after the German reunification. Like the other buildings of the Malchow monastery, the terraced houses have undergone many changes, especially in the more recent phases of use after the two world wars. Due to the great housing shortage, additional interior partitions were installed. But there were also conversions and changes to the external appearance of the brick building. As part of the renovation befitting a historical monument, these were dismantled and the original appearance restored. The floor plans had to be changed in order to enable residential use according to today’s regulations. The renovation was completed in the summer of 2001 and the building has since been used as a residence.

In the new terraced houses on the ladies’ retreat, very comfortable apartments were available to the aristocratic nuns, i.e. the canonesses. Each individual apartment ranged over two floors. Together, these four terraced houses create the appearance of a manor house with a central risalit. This is the name given to a central, mostly decorative projection in the central axis of a building, as can be found in many baroque mansions and castles in Mecklenburg.

The building with the terraced houses is the newest building in the entire monastery complex and was the first to be renovated after the German reunification. Like the other buildings of the Malchow monastery, the terraced houses have undergone many changes, especially in the more recent phases of use after the two world wars. Due to the great housing shortage, additional interior partitions were installed. But there were also conversions and changes to the external appearance of the brick building. As part of the renovation befitting a historical monument, these were dismantled and the original appearance restored. The floor plans had to be changed in order to enable residential use according to today’s regulations. The renovation was completed in the summer of 2001 and the building has since been used as a residence.