Congregational Church (former), Horseshoe Hill, Great Hormead
Half way up the steep hill leading south from the village’s main street. The current building is by the Rev. A R Goddard and dates from 1889, it replaced a chapel of 1812. The church closed in 1965, apart from a funeral service in 1967/8 and was eventually sold to an organisation called Back to God, but their plans fell through and by 1973 it was vandalised, but was saved by conversion to a house in 1977. There are still, mostly flattened, grave stones in the front garden.
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Strict Baptist (former), Froghall Lane, Walkern.
This is an empty plot in a dead road off the main street in Walkern. I assume this is the site of the Strict Baptist chapel as it is edged by damaged and decaying gravestones and the chapel was in this lane. I do not know when it closed or was demolished, its available registers go from 1862 to 1937.
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Holdbrook Christian Fellowship, 183 Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross
At the eastern end of Waltham Cross by a channel of the River Lee. It appears to be a partially refaced tin tabernacle.
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St Michael & All Angels (former), Moffats Lane, Brookmans Park
This building, now house, predates its use as a church by many years. It was built as the squash court for Moffats a local large house. It was purchased in 1948 and an appeal for £1,500 in 1949 to convert it to a chapel, succeeded and conversion started in 1950 with consecration in 1951. It lasted until the 1990s, being converted to a house around 1997. This conversion added the street level windows.
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The Chantry Chapel, London Colney
Accessed down a footpath marked private at the north end of the former All Saints Pastoral Centre. It sits on a small wooded island surrounded by a dry moat. There are low walls, restored in the 20th century and a small sentry box type construction housing a small altar. It is said to be the site of St Alban’s capture prior to his execution.
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Chapel (former), Workhouse, Cavell Drive, Hockerill, Bishops Stortford
The workhouse, on the eastern side of the town has been redeveloped as housing since 2004 after being the Herts and Essex Hospital which has been rebuilt on part of the site. It was built between 1836 and 1842 according to the town council source which identifies the building below as a chapel or 1856 according to the listing which does not mention a chapel. This building and its twin next door are described in the listing as entrance lodges. The third source does not mention a chapel at all.
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Chapel, St Margaret’s Clergy Orphan School, Merry Hill Lane, Bushey
On the rural edge of Bushey. An independent girl’s school dating from 1897 and designed by Alfred and Paul Waterhouse. The chapel is easily visible as it is alongside the road at the school entrance.
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Chapel (former), Royal Masonic School for Boys, The Avenue, Bushey now Royal Connaught Park
Part of a vast collection of buildings on the edge of Bushey. The chapel is flint faced, while the rest of the site is red brick. The school dates from 1902 and was designed by Gordon, Lowther and Gunton. It closed in 1977 and was briefly the United States International University (Europe). The site is now being redeveloped as Royal Connaught Park which much new building. However the chapel is surrounded by scaffolding and totally stripped of furnishings, decoration and floor. See the link below for the interior in a state of dereliction but complete as recently as 2013. It was designed by E.Doran Webb and built in 1900. The interior is visible though an rsj supported opening where the organ appears to have been removed. The foundation stone is at the east end but is difficult to see through green netting and scaffolding.
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Chapels, Aldenham School, Aldenham Road, Letchmore Heath
An independent school with an Anglican chaplain. There are two chapels here. The 19th-century former chapel (lowest 4 pictures of a red brick building) lies alongside the road and is now part of the music department. The current chapel of 1938-1958 by W.G. Newton and the Robert Neil, is over the road and passed by a public footpath leading off the road. This chapel used to have a large Stanley Spencer painting behind the altar but this was sold at auction in the 1990s for £1.3M. There is also Morris & Co glass.
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School enterprises website has some information and pictures on both buildings.
Mission Hall (former), Grange Lane, Letchmore Heath
At the northern end of this attractive village near Aldenham. It dates from 1898 but is now in residential/commercial use.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 