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Workhouse Chapel (former), Buntingford
The workhouse is just south of the town centre and dates from 1836-37, with a large extension added in 1872. The chapel was also the dining room and lay at the front of the original building on the south side (the slightly lower roof shown in the image below). The complex closed in 1933 to become municipal offices, it is now housing.
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Brethren’s Meeting Room, Ermine Street, Buntingford
At the north end of the town on the old route of the A10 was a bungalow licensed for use as a meeting room. This has now been replaced by a typical gated enclosure with a hall for meetings. The bungalow is shown below the modern building.
The Bungalow seen in November 2016
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Christ Church United Reformed Church, Buntingford
Just off the High Street, a church of 1819 built for Congregationalists, replacing an earlier church destroyed by fire.
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St Richard of Chichester, Buntingford (Roman Catholic)
A 20th century reproduction of a typical small Hertfordshire parish church. It dates from 1914 with the porch added in 1934 and the tower added in 1939. The original architect was Arthur Young with the 1930s additions by Allan D. Reid.
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St Bartholomew, Layston
A deserted village about a mile from Buntingford. The church is redundant and privately owned and undergoing long-term restoration. The top four images are from October 2013, the next five from April 2015 and the final six from may 2018 after the scaffolding and fencing have come down and the restoration appears to be complete.
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St Peter, Buntingford
The original church for this small town was out in the fields to the east at the lost village of Layston. This small brick church of St Peter was built 1614-26 as a town based preaching house. with the porch and an apse added in 1899. It only replaced Layston as the parish church in the 1950s.
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Hertfordshire Churches in photographs 