The Retreat, Fairford, Gloucestershire
This building was founded as The Retreat in 1822. It was a private asylum built and run by an Alexander Iles. It is described in Slater's Directory of 1850 as an 'admirably conducted establishment for the reception and cure of persons affected with nervous or mental diseases ; and the management of the cases of this description is conducted with the first rate skills, and upon the most approved systems applicable to the respective patients'.
