Chapel, Ashridge College, Little Gaddesden
Beautifully situated on the edge of a deep valley west of Little Gaddesden. The house was built 1808-14 by James Wyatt and his nephew Jeffry Wyatt. It became a college in 1921 and Ashridge Management College in 1954. The chapel was added in 1817. Its spire is a fibreglass replacement of 1969 replacing the original being truncated in 1922.
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Strict Baptist Chapel (former), The Back, Potten End
Partially hidden away behind other houses in The Back, as it is accessed down a passageway alongside number 7. It dates from 1835 and is now a house. The rear can be viewed from the garden of The Plough.
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Chapel (former), Hudnall Lane, Little Gaddesden now Churchhouse Studios
On the corner of Chapel Close and Hudnall Lane at the southern edge of the village. The chapel has been converted into housing with several extensions added. It is largely hidden from the road.
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Baptist Church (former), rear of 39 Stocks Road, Aldbury
Hidden from the road behind Lace Cottage in Stocks Road, Aldbury. From the road only part of a tile hung wall can be seen, a public footpath at the rear of Stocks Road enables a view of an end wall only. It was built around 1827 or 1836 depending on the source used.
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Primitive Methodist Chapel (Former), Melbourne Road/High Street, Bushey now Heronslea Group offices
Built in 1852 but it ceased to be a chapel in 1883 with a move to a relatively recently demolished tin church. It was converted into a private theatre by Sir Hubert Herkomer in about 1887, being close to his house and art school. It was extended in 1912-1913 when it became a film studio called ‘The Glass Studios’. All are now part of an office complex.
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Chapel (former), 14 Bridge Road, Hunton Bridge, Abbots Langley now Chapel Studios Stained Glass Works
A small chapel now used by the stained glass designers and restorers Chapel Studios.
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Central Hall (former), Loates Lane, Watford now Boys and Girls Nursery
Opened in August 1869 as a Strict Baptist chapel before the congregation moved to derby Road chapel, it then passed to The Plymouth Brethren It was named Central Hall in 1891 and by 1949 was used by The Christian Assembly. By the 1990s it was derelict and is now a day nursery.
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Mount Zion Baptist (former), 69 Queens Road, Watford now New Hope House
Built as a Strict Baptist church and designed by Charles Richard Lovejoy in 1884-85. It is now accommodation for the homeless run by the New Hope charity. It closed as a church in 1986 and was converted to a hostel in the 1990s.
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Methodist Church (former), 78 High Street, Rickmansworth
This is a curiosity as it appears to be a small fragment of the original Rickmansworth Methodist church according to the local listing document which says, “The rear of No.78 was once the site of the first Methodist Chapel in Rickmansworth and a bricked-up ornamental doorway is still present in the side wall (referenced below).
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Primitive Methodist Church (former), Common Road, Chorleywood now Chorleywood Arts Centre
Facing the Common, this is a chapel of 1893 closed in 1969 and sold in 1970 and converted to an arts centre. For some reason all the name and foundation stones have been crudely scratched out. Interestingly it is now used for regular Quaker meetings so is back in religious use for a period of time each week.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 