Surviving amidst the expanding estates of 20th century mock-tudor and neo-classical housing and the ever-changing High Street, Harpenden has hidden treasures of timber-framed buildings from the late 15th century onwards, and some notable houses dating back to the 18th and early 19th centuries. All have had to adapt to survive. Others, of which we have photos in our archives, have disappeared. We hope you will add information and photos of past and present buildings with historical associations.
2 Southdown Road
Possibly Harpenden's oldest house
65 High Street, Harpenden
Wall-paintings imitating panelling, as seen in the 1970s
After 'Rosemary'
The many functions of 28 Milton Road
Akrill House - A Notable Building in Harpenden
Links to Maple's Furniture and National Children's Home
An Eligible Bachelor Comes to Harpenden
but does not stay long at Harpenden Hall in 1840
An Old House In Cravells Road
Before and After - 1880s to 1980s
Art Deco in Harpenden
A heritage to be cherished
Bennetts and its inhabitants
Now home of the Royal British Legion
Bowers House
The house and its inhabitants from the 16th century
Coach Lane Cottage, 39 Leyton Road
An analysis of the 16th and 17th century timber-framing
Coach Lane Cottage, 39 Leyton Road
Formerly Gable End Farm, Old Gable End, The Gables
Discovery Day 2014 - Promotion of the Society
A sell-out for 'Harpenden Races': photos of Harpenden House Hotel
Edward J Dodgshun - 1851-1927
Architect of a 'House at Harpenden' - Field House in Townsend Road
Flowton Priory
A Tudor timber-framed house transplanted from Suffolk to Harpenden in the 1920s
From Kirkwick to Glen Eagle Manor Hotel
The fate of another Victorian family home in Harpenden
Hammondsend
A detailed architectural description and history of the Neale family from the 1560s to 1780s
Harpenden Hall
Occupiers from the 16th century
Harpenden Lodge
The house and its inhabitants from 1800 - 1979
Harpenden's Oldest House?
From Local History Society Newsletter No 1 1974
Harpenden's Post Office
Expansion and contraction over more than 160 years
Live like a King - at the Moat House in Harpenden
extracts from Herts Countryside no. 167, March 1973
Loss of a Family Friend
End of the NatWest Bank in Harpenden
Pigeonwick, Fallows Green
Home of Ellen Terry - 1869-1874
Rose Cottage, High Street
From general drapers to dental surgery
Rothamsted Manor
Evolution of the house from the 16th to 20th centuries
St Helena's, 40 Luton Road
Harpenden Memorial Nursing Centre to Welfare Clinic
The Dene
15 Southdown Road
The Director's House
1 West Common, home to the first seven directors of Rothamsted Experimental Station
The History behind Numbers 24 and 26 Station Road
Taken from documents in LHS Archives donated by The Anscombe Family
The Maple Convalescent Home
From "The Lady's Pictorial" June 12th 1897
The Oval Harpenden
A Mission Change Protecting the Past
The Red House, auctioned in 1904
The brochure which attracted Halley Stewart to buy
Welcombe
The many lives of an intriguing Grade II Listed building