St Hugh’s Chapel, Hare Street (Roman Catholic)
Seemingly disused, this chapel was built over the grave of Robert Hugh Benson (died 1914), a son of the Archbishop of Canterbury who converted to Roman Catholicism. It stands in the grounds of Hare Street House where he lived and which was bequeathed to the Archbishops of Westminster as a country home. The exterior can be seen through a locked lych gate on the B1038 towards Great Hormead. Apparently a brew house in the grounds (not publicly visible) was also converted to a chapel.
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Union Chapel, Anstey
At the north end of this isolated village in the north east of the county. An independent congregation, the building dates from 1902. It was built as a Primitive Methodist church to replace a wooden building called “The Cabin” in Cheapside.
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Christ Church United Reformed Church, Buntingford
Just off the High Street, a church of 1819 built for Congregationalists, replacing an earlier church destroyed by fire.
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Birchwood Methodist Church, Brchwood Avenue, Hatfield
This small building, together with some housing recently replaced an older church of 1936 that was demolished in 2013. Prior to this the old church had been vacated in 2007, brought back into use in 2009 as the recession had stopped plans for its replacement. The worship area is the room to the left of the porch as we look at it. It contains a communion table and stackable chairs but no fixed furnishings.
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Church on the Rock, French Horn Lane, Hatfield
An independent church meeting in the town centre in the Lord William Cecil Memorial Hall.
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United Church (Methodist/URC) (former), Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead
Disused from 2012 and subject to failed planning applications to replace it with a hall, church and housing it stood stripped just south of the village centre. It was built in 1876. In April 2022 it was being converted into a gym, windows have been repaired and the inside contains exercise equipment. The gym opened in September 2022 (see latest images at end of post).
April 2015
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April 2022
October 2022
Methodist Church, Lower Luton Road, Batford, Harpenden
On the main road through Batford which is effectively an eastern suburb of Harpenden. The church was built in 1904-05 to designs by Anscombe and Franklin.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 