The Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. Almshouse. 7 related planning applications.
The Retreat
- WRENN ID
- hollow-remnant-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartford
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Retreat, 157-165, High Road, Wilmington
- OS grid reference
- TQ 532 720
- Coordinates
- 51.42716, 0.20323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat is a range of almshouses dated 1851-1872. It is constructed of cement rendered and has a slate roof. The building has two storeys and ten casement windows, some of which retain pointed headed lights. It features paired gabled porches.
Local climate
The Retreat sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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