Torrington House, St Albans
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Torrington House, St Albans
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 9 Apr 2022
Torrington House is a large, mid-19th century house on Holywell Hill, which stands in extensive grounds, set back from the busy road behind a high wall. Both the house and the wall with its gateposts are listed buildings. The entomologist Eleanor Anne Ormerod lived here from 1887 to 1901; Image See the official listing at the Historic England site for the house https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1103097?section=official-list-entry and for the gateposts and wall https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1347144?section=official-list-entry . The house is now a hotel.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.748361
Longitude
-0.341074