This 400-year-old piece of history on our doorstep reopens to the public next Friday Oxhey Watford
The community officer who looks after a historic small chapel on the edge of Watford is hoping visitors will discover a “real gem” when it reopens at the end of next week.
Built in 1612 by Sir James Altham on the site of a Saxon monastery as a private chapel for his Oxhey Place estate, it was used by Oliver Cromwell’s forces during the Civil War as a storage facility – there is said to be a Cromwellian tunnel beneath and “legend has it they took the lead off the roof and used it for bullets as well,” said Henry Moore, the local community officer for the Churches Conservation Trust.
“In all of my churches I don’t have anything quite like this. The oak panelling gives it a really nice bit of personality and when you open the door you’re hit with this amber glow rather than the simple whitewashed walls of a normal chapel.”With running costs of £3,000 a year, it is vital the chapel is used and Henry is keen to involve the community.
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