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AN UNLISTED EDWARDIAN CHURCH IN NEED OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR, WITH POTENTIAL FOR CONVERSION TO RESIDENTIAL USE, SUBJECT TO PLANNING PERMISSION AND OTHER CONSENTS.Dating from 1911, St Mary’s Church consists of a nave, chancel, vestry, west porch, organ chamber and tower. It is a small red brick chapel in the Gothic style, designed by the donor of the land Ernest Wickham and built in memory of his wife. The builder was Charles Pritlove of Wadesmill. The church is not consecrated but is a licensed place of worship.The church consists of a western tower, nave, chancel and north vestry. The tower is of three stages, with a battlemented parapet and is surmounted by a small lead clad “Hertfordshire spike.” Roofs to the chancel and nave are clad in red plain tiles with a red tiled ridge. Walls are of local red brick, in Flemish bond. Windows are plain single light lancets with brick hood moulds.The interior features Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts detail. Walls to the nave are plain painted brickwork above oak wainscoting and the floor has wood blocks, laid in a herringbone pattern. There is an open gallery set within the tower at the west end. The roof is open timbered with collars, arched braces, purlins and metal tie bars at eaves level. The small chancel has oak panelling above a curtained dado and is floored in white marble. The building occupies a restricted site with the boundaries being only a few metres beyond the church itself. The total site extends to 0.036 hectare / 0.09 acre or thereabouts.St Mary’s Church (or Chapel of Ease) is situated at the southern end of Colliers End, occupying a heavily treed site of 0.036 hectare (0.09 acre) or thereabouts. The property abuts residential properties to the north and farmland to the east and south. The property fronts the old A10, the village now by-passed. Ware and Hertford, with their multiple facilities and mainline stations, are within 4 miles and 7 miles respectively. Bishops Stortford is within 8.5 miles
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