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Buildings and streets of historic interest

St Albans has a wide variety of distinctive buildings from different periods of its history. You can read about some of them here; we will be adding more in future.

  • Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough & her Almshouses

    Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough & her Almshouses

    The redoubtable Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, commissioned the Marlborough Almshouses which still stand on Hatfield Road.
  • Sir Henry Blount and Tyttenhanger House

    Sir Henry Blount and Tyttenhanger House

    The chapel in Tyttenhanger House offers an intriguing glimpse into the character of its owner, Sir Henry Blount.
  • St Albans Corn Exchange – form and materials

    St Albans Corn Exchange – form and materials

    I have always been interested in the form and materials of the Corn Exchange and particularly its unusual creamy-yellow ‘white’ ...
  • St Albans Town Hall

    St Albans Town Hall

    Designed by George Smith and built in 1830, the Town Hall with its Neo-Classical style presented the inhabitants of St Albans with an edifice totally new to this country town.
  • The former Mission Room, Old London Road

    The former Mission Room, Old London Road

    The old Mission Room was built to offer workers constructing the city's sewage system a more sober place than pubs in which to spend their spare time. But is there anything original in the current structure?
  • The rise and fall of Adelaide Street

    The rise and fall of Adelaide Street

    This article, based on a lecture given by Wendy Klein to the Society in March 2005, documents the rise and fall of Adelaide Street.
  • The Westminster Lodge Estate

    The Westminster Lodge Estate

    Everyone in St Albans is familiar with the name of the Westminster Lodge estate (which never included the land occupied by the eponymous leisure centre at the bottom of Holywell Hill). But what about its history?
  • Brief notes

    Brief notes (12)

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  • The earliest known photo of St Albans?
  • Coaching Inns and Pubs
  • Buildings and streets of historic interest
  • The Clock Tower
  • St Albans Abbey
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