The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Almshouse.

The Retreat

WRENN ID: stony-wattle-gorse
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Hertfordshire
Country: England
Type: Almshouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 3915 WARE RURAL SCHOLAR'S HILL (north side) Helham Green 10/3 The Retreat II

Almshouses now a house. C18 (in existence by 1788: VCH (1912) 396, item 7). Timber frame roughcast with thatched roof. Lobby- entry, central-chimney, 2-room plan house of one and a half storeys with later lean-to extensions at ends with red tile roofs. Modern gabled tiled porch roughcast central with a small 2-light casement on each side, 3 gabled conjoined thatched dormers each with 2-light casement. Large red brick central chimney. Picturesque hill top position.

Listing NGR: TL3991815966

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