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Market Street, WATFORD, WD18 0PX

On the right is the former Empire/ABC/Cannon cinema that opened in about 1913 and closed about 1996. The front foyer is now occupied by Izzy's Barbers while the rest of the building is a Muslim community centre. Cassio Road changes to Merton Road at the cinema. This is the view from the top deck of a generally westbound 320 bus, but heading southwards here.

At the junction of Market Street and Exchange Road, the Church dates from 1890 and its website can be found here http://www.holyroodrc.com/index.html

The Convent was built between 1890 and 1892, next door to Image It is Grade II Listed and the English Heritage website describes it thus:- "Purple brick with red brick dressings. Neo-late C17 style. Two storey and attic. Tiled hipped roof with 8 pedimented dormers. Wood modillion cornice at eaves. Irregularly spaced windows, glazing bar sashes in gauged brick headed surrounds. Apron panels below 1st floor windows. Projecting brick angle quoins at outer corners and separating 1st 3 window section from main 9 window block. Brick string between floors. Stuccoed main doorway set to right. Ionic half-columns and entablature, with small open pedimented niche above containing statue." A photograph of the building when nearly new around 1895 is available here http://www.holyroodrc.com/history/schools.html and, as can be seen, as originally built it only extended for the first five dormer windows. The satellite dish was probably not present during its convent days, and not worthy of a mention by English Heritage. The photograph was taken during a brief snow shower that fell on Watford during the morning of 17 January 2015.