The Retreat Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. Almshouse. 1 related planning application.
The Retreat Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- silent-hinge-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Retreat Almshouses, 1 and 2, the Drive, TN13 3AB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 530 550
- Coordinates
- 51.2743, 0.19247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Retreat Almshouses are a range of late 19th-century almshouses, built in the traditional colligrate style, located on The Drive. The complex comprises Nos 1 and 2, along with Nos 3 to 8 consecutively. They are one storey in height with an attic, and constructed of stone with some brick dressings. The roofs are slate-covered. Each unit features a porch with a Tudor-arched doorway and mullioned windows. The composition is distinguished by prominent, twisted chimney stacks built of red brick.
Local climate
The Retreat Almshouses receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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