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The buildings of St Albans: a city of infinite variety
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Brief notes
Brief notes
Brief notes about aspects of the historical buildings of St Albans.
A 17th Century Butcher's Shop
A shop in St Albans, 30-32 Market Place, has been identified as a 17th Century butcher’s house and shop.
Clarence Park Grand Stand
Designed by Mr Ford the City's Surveyor, Clarence Park was given to St Albans by Sir John Blundell Maple MP, proprietor of Maple's, the fashionable London furniture store.
Foundation stone for the new Public Library 1880
Funded by public subscriptions, St Albans' first public library was built in 1880.
Holywell House
Holywell House, demolished in 1837, was said to be the favourite residence of Sara, Duchess of Marlborough.
Lesser Domestic Architecture of Hertfordshire
Writing in 1901, A. Whitford Anderson discusses the characteristics and features still visible in ancient domestic buildings such as cottages, farmhouses, inns and alms houses. While many of the buildings he looked at have doubtless been lost, some still endure.
London Road Station
The terminal station of the Hatfield to St Albans branch of the Great Northern Railway line can still be seen.
St Albans Town Hall
The Town Hall – a brief history Designed by George Smith and Built in 1830, the Town Hall with its Neo-Classical ...
The New Cinematograph Theatre
The New Cinematographic Theatre, on the site of what was a brewery and is now part of the Maltings' shopping centre.
The buildings of St Albans: a city of infinite variety
The buildings of St Albans: a city of infinite variety
Who built Orchard Street and why?
Sopwell ruins
Did you know that?
The street memorials of the Abbey parish, St Albans
Hertfordshire place names
Establishing the rifle range at Beech Bottom Dyke
The Society’s campaigning to preserve buildings in St Albans
Kingsbury Barn
The Eleanor Cross of St Albans
The former Mission Room, Old London Road
Sir Henry Blount and Tyttenhanger House
St Albans Corn Exchange – form and materials
St Albans Town Hall
Mrs Worley's wandering fountain
Kingsbury Manor
The Westminster Lodge Estate
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough & her Almshouses
The earliest known photo of St Albans?
Brief notes
Pubs and coaching inns
