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October 24, 2014 10:43 am / Leave a comment
At the south end of the town centre. It was built in 1923 to designs by Barry Parker, one of the Garden City’s designers and replaced an earlier building of 1905
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October 24, 2014 10:23 am / Leave a comment
A short way north of St Peter’s church just outside the city centre. The church dates from 1980-81 and is over the road from administrative offices for the church.
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October 23, 2014 8:00 pm / 1 Comment on Trinity United Reformed Church, Beaconsfield Road, St Albans
A prominent landmark near the City Station. It dates from 1902 and was designed by Smee, Mence and Houchin. It was badly damaged by fire in 1981 and the church was rebuilt within the shell leaving a smaller worship area and many ancillary rooms.
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October 23, 2014 7:50 pm / Leave a comment
Now used as a club. It was built in 1881-82.
October 23, 2014 7:43 pm / Leave a comment
Naer the town centre on the road down to the City station.
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October 23, 2014 7:38 pm / Leave a comment
Opened in 1898, succeeding several earlier churches on different sites. The architects were Gordon, Lowther and Gunton. A spire was removed in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
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October 23, 2014 7:27 pm / Leave a comment
Not far from the parish church, it dates from 1907. The last service was held on March 25th 2019 and the building is currently disused.
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October 21, 2014 10:14 pm / Leave a comment
Built in 1778, with a rebuilding in the mid 19th century. It closed in 1918 and has had a variety of uses as a hall, auction rooms, club, printing works but was empty when photographed in Oct 2014. In March 2017 it was undergoing refurbishment (bottom right) and conversion into five two bedroom flats.
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October 21, 2014 10:07 pm / Leave a comment
A neo Norman chapel of 1859, replacing an earlier building of 1814. It was built for Congregationalists by John Brown of Ware. Methodists moved in to share it in 1978. It is in a courtyard off East street together with a contemporary school now converted into housing.
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October 11, 2014 11:52 am / Leave a comment
This is the oldest purpose built Quaker Meeting House in continuous use in the world, dating from 1670. An internal steel framework was inserted in 1981 to strengthen the building.
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Quaker Heritage datasheet
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