Home » Articles posted by zoothorn (Page 36)

Author Archives: zoothorn

Find Places, Architects & Themes

Make the Pictures Bigger

Click on any picture to enlarge it.
Use the browser back button to return to the post.

Letchworth Free Church, Norton Way South (United Reformed Church)

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

  letchworth_free_church051016_  letchworth_free_church051016_3
 ??????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????
 letchworth_free_church051016_1  ???????????????????????????????
 ???????????????????????????????  ???????????????????????????????
 letchworth_free_church131016_19  letchworth_free_church131016_14
 letchworth_free_church131016_3  letchworth_free_church131016_4
 letchworth_free_church131016_10  letchworth_free_church131016_2
 letchworth_free_church131016_18  letchworth_free_church131016_8
 letchworth_free_church131016_7  letchworth_free_church131016_12

Listed building details

Seventh Day Adventist Church, St Peters Street, St Albans

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.

st_albans_seventh_day_adventist171014_1  st_albans_seventh_day_adventist171014_4
 st_albans_seventh_day_adventist171014_2  st_albans_seventh_day_adventist171014_3
 st_albans_seventh_day_adventist171014_

Church website

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.

st_albans_united_reformed171014_4  st_albans_united_reformed171014_7
 st_albans_united_reformed171014_24  st_albans_united_reformed171014_9
 st_albans_united_reformed171014_19  st_albans_united_reformed171014_18
 st_albans_united_reformed171014_17  st_albans_united_reformed171014_15
 st_albans_united_reformed171014_14  st_albans_united_reformed171014_12
 st_albans_united_reformed171014_16  st_albans_united_reformed171014_11

Church website

Baptist Church (former), Victoria Street, St Albans

Now used as a club. It was built in 1881-82.

   st_albans_baptist_former171014_4  st_albans_baptist_former171014_6
 st_albans_baptist_former171014_5 st_albans_baptist_former171014_
 st_albans_baptist_former171014_3  st_albans_baptist_former171014_2
 st_albans_baptist_former171014_1

Salvation Army. Victoria Street, St Albans

Naer the town centre on the road down to the City station.

st_albans_salvation_army171014_ st_albans_salvation_army171014_2

Church website

Methodist Church, Marlborough Road, St Albans

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.

 st_albans_methodist171014_  st_albans_methodist171014_2
 st_albans_methodist171014_3       st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_1
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_7  st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_10
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_16  st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_11
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_9  st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_12
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_3  st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_15
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_4  st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_6
 st_albans_marlborough_road_methodist181114_2

Church website

Salvation Army (Former), Baldock Street, Ware

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.

ware_salvation_army191014_1 ware_salvation_army191014_2
 ware_salvation_army191014_3  ware_salvation_army191014_5
 ware_salvation_army191014_4  ware_salvation_army191014_6

Church website

 

Old Independent Chapel (former), Church Street, Ware

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.

ware_old_independent_chapel191014_  ware_old_independent_chapel191014_1
 ware_old_independent_chapel191014_2  ware_old_independent_chapel191014_3
 ware_old_independent_chapel191014_4  

Listed building details

Leaside Church, East Street, Ware (Methodist and United Reformed Church)

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.

    ware_leaside_chapel191014_7  ware_leaside_chapel191014_2
 ware_leaside_chapel191014_1  ware_leaside_chapel191014_4
 ware_leaside_chapel191014_6     ware_leaside_church120915_5
 ware_leaside_church120915_3  ware_leaside_church120915_11
 ware_leaside_church120915_8  ware_leaside_church120915_14
 ware_leaside_church120915_12  ware_leaside_church120915_13
 ware_leaside_church120915_15  ware_leaside_church120915_9
 ware_leaside_church120915_2  ware_leaside_church120915_1

Church website

Listed building details

Friends Meeting House, Railway Street, Hertford

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.

        ???????????????????????????????  hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_35
 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_26  ???????????????????????????????
 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_3 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_20
 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_15  hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_8
 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_18  hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_4
 hertford_quaker_meeting_house111014_12

Church website

Quaker Heritage datasheet

Listed building details