Bushey Heath

St Peter, LNK, is a Victorian new build, the original foundation was in 1836 but the church was rebuilt in 1891, when the chancel was added, by James Neale and two further refurbs took place in 1911 and 1921. A not unpleasing building but I'd liked to have got inside for the Henry Holiday windows.

In 1915, Holiday was commissioned by the Perrins to design a new window in stained glass for the west end of the church in memory of their nephew and which he named The Holy Spirit Window. It was made by Lowndes and Drury at the Glasshouse, Fulham. The five light masterpiece depicts Love, Wisdom, Power, Joy, Truth and Faith, and also incorporates the text "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts" It was dedicated on Sunday the 14th April 1918. The Queen of Sheba & Queen Esther Windows were commissioned from Henry Holiday in 1921 to commemorate the death of Edith Sommers.

Pevsner doesn't mention it.

A little way of lies Bushey Heath, long noted among botanists for its wild lily-of-the-valley. From the stately tower of its modern church the valleys of the Thames and the Colne lie spread before us, and on a clear day we may see the red walls of Hampton Court and the round tower of Windsor Castle. It is from here, at Merry Hill, that Watford draws some of its water supply, a great reservoir 500 feet above the sea, holding two million gallons.

The impressive church has an attractive interior with windows from the workshops of William Morris, paid for largely by children who collected farthings. The Morris windows are in the baptistry and represent the Children of the Bible surrounding the Child of Bethlehem.