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Hall Place Gardens, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3SF

Edwardian house on the corner of Hall Place Gardens and St Peter's Street. It was converted into a doctors' surgery in the 1990s.

Building towards the northern end of St Peter's Street, on the site of the former Townsend Farm. Its name was taken from a previous building further along the street which had been demolished for the new Post Office built in 1935 - see Image Maps back to the 1898 1:2,500 edition show a similar shaped building (other than later extensions) in the site named Townsend, suggesting that the naming as Thorne House was simply a renaming, with the building itself being late Victorian.

See Image This is the entrance to the main building, showing a building date of 1908.

Sculpture by Sarah Dilley in the Garden of Hope in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, unveiled in 2013. Each leaf of the sculpture is inscribed with a name and dates of someone whose ashes are buried in the garden. For a wider view of the garden, see Image

An independent girls school in Townsend Avenue, founded in 1889. The main building dates from 1908 according to carvings on the door surround (see Image). It was designed by Amian Champneys, son of the Victorian architect Basil Champneys. It occupies part of the former grounds of Hall Place, a mid 15th century house demolished in 1907, which reputedly was where Henry VI was held following the First Battle of St Albans in 1455. Although now single sex, in the past it also took boys up to the age of 10, with its most famous former pupil being Professor Stephen Hawking.

Garden of remembrance in the churchyard of St Peter's Church. The standing stone, entitled the "Hope Stone" has inscribed on it the words "God is with us so there is hope". In the background is a sculpture "Tree of Life" by Sarah Dilley, unveiled in 2013.

Age Concern are on the right.

Late 1990s redevelopment of the former St Albans bus garage, consisting of 39 flats. The bus garage had opened in August 1936, designed by the firm Wallis, Gilbert and Partners who were responsible for many of the bus garages of that era, and thought by some to be their best design. Its demolition following closure met much local opposition.