The Watford Observer is again delighted to team up with its friends at Watford Museum to look at some structures or objects from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated.

This week we recall a small row of houses in one of Watford’s major roads that stood on land now occupied by flats – Prospect Terrace.

The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “This little terrace of four houses was in St Albans Road, between Malden Road and West Street. It was constructed between 1841 and 1851 and named Prospect Terrace. Although relatively small, each house had a small front garden and a larger one at the rear.

Watford Observer: This extract from a postcard shows the small gardensThis extract from a postcard shows the small gardens (Image: Watford Museum)

“The first four known occupiers appear in the 1851 census, there were two journeyman carpenters, an Inland Revenue officer and a retired leather dresser.

Watford Observer: The site was to become a Job CentreThe site was to become a Job Centre (Image: Bob Nunn Collection / Watford Museum)

“The houses eventually changed to business use and by the 1980s had been demolished.

Watford Observer: How the site looks todayHow the site looks today (Image: Google Street View)

“The land became part of a larger plot for a new Job Centre which in turn was replaced with flats being built in 2019.”

Watford Museum is open Thursday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.