The Hermitage is a cottage orné in Hanwell

This decorated cottage was built by the rector George Henry Glasse in 1809. Later it became the head quarters for the Selborne Society. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it thus: “a peach of an early Gothic thatched cottage with two pointed windows, a quatrefoil, and an ogee arched door, all on a minute scale. Inside, an octagonal hall and reception room”, It is a Grade II listed building