All Saints, Croxley Green
A double naved church on the edge of the green. The original nave dates from 1870-72 by John Norton, it was enlarged, at a slightly lower level, in 1906 to designs by Temple Moore. Between my first visit in October 2013 and my next in March 2015, the nave pews were replaced by seats.
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Our Lady Help of Christians, Rickmansworth (Roman Catholic)
East of Rickmansworth town centre on the main road in from Watford. The church dates from 1909 and was designed by Arthur Young, with the north eastern Lady Chapel added in 1935.
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St Mary, Rickmansworth
The tower dates from 1630, but the church itself consists of aisles of 1825 by W. Atkinson between which Arthur Blomfield added a new nave and chancel in 1890-91. The east window is a large Burne-Jones crucifixion by Morris and Co. It is shared with the Methodists under a Local Ecumenical Partnership.
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St Joseph, Bedwell Crescent, Bedwell, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
Built in 1957 to designs by Sterrett & Blouet, with a rebuilding and reversal of orientation following roof problems in the 1980s. This was to designs by Williams & Winkley. Only the tower remains from the original building. Part of the church was divided off to form halls. A further redevelopment took place in 2016-2017 which has reversed the orientation of the church, added a sanctuary, clerestory and new roof. The Lady Chapel that was previously behind the sanctuary is now the entrance narthex area. This work was designed by John Willcock. The right-hand column shows the new church layout, the left the previous one.
| Previous building | New Building |
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St Hilda, The Hyde, Shephall, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
Designed by Burles & Newton and built in 1961-62 in this eastern suburb of Stevenage.
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Transfiguration of our Lord, Grove Road, Stevenage (Roman Catholic)
The original church dates from 1914 designed by E.H. Major, a taller east end added in 1937 but a newer front and interior reordering was carried out in 1984, designed by Williams & Winkley.
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St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Royston (Roman Catholic)
On Melbourn Road on the north side of the town, a tall, slim church of 1916-19 designed by Benedict Williamson a priest. Its flat roof was replaced by the pitched roof in 1937 by A.H. Archard.
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St Joseph and the English Martyrs, Bishops Stortford (Roman Catholic)
A couple of doors up the road from the Anglican parish church. It was designed by E. Doran Webb and built in 1904-07. An interesting interior, with arts and crafts glass by Paul Woodroffe from 1906 in a side chapel, which incorporates some medieval fragments.
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Most Holy Redeemer, Sayesbury Road, Sawbridgeworth (Roman Catholic)
Originally a cinema of 1914 that closed in 1953. The first mass after conversion to a church was said in 1956, it was renovated in 1968 when the front elevation was much simplified.
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The Good Shepherd, Shenley (Roman Catholic)
Outside the village, nearer to the old Anglican church than the village centre. It dates from 1976 and is a design by Lanner of Wakefield.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 