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Hodgkins Mews, STANMORE, HA7 4FL

A 340 bus on route to Harrow Bus Station from Edgware Station passes along the A410 in Stanmore.

Without looking at the condition like so many recently built houses you would assume these were Victorian but had just been finished when I took them in 2008

An archetypal development of 1960s small houses.

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church - see Link Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges." See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7144853

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church. Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges."

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/43806 Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges." There are plans, which can be seen in the new church, to restore the old church, reroof it and make it into a community space. Inside the old church is the mausoleum of the Hollond family which can be seen ahead here. A very full account of both churches, including the story of the Hollond family, can be seen at https://www.stanmoretouristboard.org.uk/churches/st-johns-brick-church-ruin-stanmore.html

Stanmore's old brick church was abandoned when the new one was built next to it in the 19C. It is opened from time to time, but not today so this is taken from a window (with flowers growing out of it). That's not a solar panel on the tomb by the way. It's chicken wire over a hole in the roof. Lots about this place on http://www.stjohnsstanmore.org.uk/history/

The red brick church was conscrecrated in 1632 but was replaced in 1850 by Image At that time the roof of the old church was removed but the rest of the structure was left intact. The architect was reputedly Nicholas Stone. Churches of this era are relatively uncommon, falling between the periods of mediaeval village churches, and 18th and 19th century churches built to serve growing urban populations. It is a Grade II* Listed Building.

There are two churches in Stanmore Churchyard. The old one was consecrated in 1632 by Archbishop Laud. The new church was begun in 1849 and contains much of the furnishings of the old church - see Link Ian Nairn in Nairn's London (1966) says "Behind a mean-minded Victorian church, the ruins of the old one are dissolving away in gentle melancholy. It was built in 1631 by Archbishop Laud to be the old religion revived, very Gothic, though using up-to-date bricks. Now it is roofless, with a mouldering Victorian tomb in the nave, and a triste churchyard around. But lovable, not horrible: bramble and roses growing up to the walls and over the mass-produced headstones; soft, tender dissolution, the kind of end that most people would wish for... Long may it stay so. Gray's Elegy should have been written here, instead of at Stoke Poges." See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7144853