Complex sentence: In Berkhamsted, a small "wretched, straw-thatched" house at the corner of what is now Park View Road, was used to house poor families, until it was demolished in the 1820s.
Split into simpler sentences: In Berkhamsted, a small house at the corner of what is now Park View Road, was used to house poor families. Described as a "wretched, straw-thatched building" it was demolished in the 1820s.