The blue glass pyramid is a well-known landmark in the heart of Watford but before it was built the land used to be occupied by housing.

The Watford Observer has again joined forces with its friends at Watford Museum to look back at structures, objects or businesses from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated and this week we remember the housing in Water Lane.

The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “There used to be quite a lot of small houses along Water Lane, as well as a yard leading off Water Lane, named Chapel Row.

The houses in Water Lane looking towards High StreetThe houses in Water Lane looking towards High Street (Image: Watford Museum)

“Chapel Row is long gone but the last of the Water Lane houses near to the High Street were those level with the bus stop (which is still in use today).

“They seem to have been unoccupied for many years and boarded up before they and the shop on the High Street corner were demolished to make way for a modern styled blue glass pyramid.

A modern-day view of the same part of Water LaneA modern-day view of the same part of Water Lane (Image: Google Street View)

“I wonder if anyone recalls when these houses had tenants?”

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