IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Church Crescent, ST. ALBANS, AL3 5JF

In the St Albans Conservation Area, these neat Victorian terraced houses are in a cul-de-sac with pollarded trees.

Now converted into offices

Row of houses in Verulam Road. The furthest one, no 60, is marked on the 1879-80 1:500 OS Plan as a Nurses' Home; the terrace (nos 52 - 58) is later, first appearing on the 1889 1:10:560 map and the house on the right (nos 50/50a) would appear to have been built at the same time as the former Christ Church was converted to offices in 1974.

One of the main roads leading away from the centre of St Albans, past businesses and terraced housing. The Old Church behind the cedar tree was formerly Christ Church: 'Built in 1850 as a Roman catholic church, it became Anglican in 1859 and has also been a Methodist church. Since the 1980s it is in use as offices. The architect was Charles Parker' https://hertfordshirechurches.uk/2013/06/16/christ-church-former-verulam-road-st-albans/ There are plans to convert part of the building into housing https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/24685415.st-albans-old-church-verulam-road-will-become-flats/ . Another view at Image

Started in 1850, Christ Church was designed by Charles Parker in an Italianate style. It was funded by Alexander Raphael MP, who intended it to be a Roman Catholic Church, to be known as St Raphael's, although wasn't completed by the time of his death. The site was sold by his executors to Mrs Isabella Worley of New Barnes (now Sopwell House), who paid for its completion and who had it adopted by the Church of England. It was consecrated on 18 April 1859. It became redundant in the 1970s, the congregation in 1974 moving out to the site of a daughter church, St Andrews, on the New Green Estate, more appropriately sited for the community it served, with a new building opened in 1980 known as Christ Church Centre. The old Christ Church was then converted to offices, known as The Old Church. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1347155.

Started in 1850, Christ Church was designed by Charles Parker in an Italianate style. It was funded by Alexander Raphael MP, who intended it to be a Roman Catholic Church, to be known as St Raphael's, although wasn't completed by the time of his death. The site was sold by his executors to Mrs Isabella Worley of New Barnes (now Sopwell House), who paid for its completion and who had it adopted by the Church of England. It was consecrated on 18 April 1859. It became redundant in the 1970s, the congregation in 1974 moving out to the site of a daughter church, St Andrews, on the New Green Estate, more appropriately sited for the community it served, with a new building opened in 1980 known as Christ Church Centre. The old Christ Church was then converted to offices, known as The Old Church. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1347155.

Built in the early 19th century as an inn on Thomas Telford's new route through St Albans, this grade II building has subsequently served as a private residence, the Bishop's Palace and a retreat and conference centre (during which time it was known as Diocesan House). During the Second World War it also served as a hospital. It is now a nursing home. For listing particulars see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1174618.