Amersham Then & Now NHBC to Decimal Place

Although Amersham on the Hill is not that old compared to Old Amersham, Chiltern Avenue is perhaps the road that has changed the most in Amersham on the Hill's short life. Not only has the road changed from a farm track / lane (it was still partly an unmade road in the 1960s(, but quite a lot of the original development has already been replaced. This is particularly evident at the station end of Chiltern Avenue.

The station goods yard and coal yard was replaced by the NHBC office building and multi story car park.was

Picture Courtesy of Dave James

The old goods shed in the old goods yard by the station, not demolished until the 1970s

The station goods yard, goods shed and coal yard were replaced by the multi story car park and the NHBC office building.

The NHBC - National House Building Council - once employed quite a few people in Amersham and in fact also had offices on Hill Avenue. However, in recent years the number of people employed decreased (we believe the NHBC relocated to Milton Keynes) and they vacated their building.

Another Amersham based company Barnett Waddingham occupying more than one building in Amersham decided to occupy a new office building on the NHBC site, the new building being called Decimal Place.

The following pictures show the demolition of the NHBC building and the building of its replacement.

Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Flack

Viewed from the foot bridge at Amersham station, the old building is demolished.

Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Flack

Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Flack

The building did not really have a long life

Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Flack

We hope the new building is built better than the signs on the hoardings! Viewed from the taxi rank off Chiltern Avenue.

Picture Courtesy of Malcolm Flack

The new building takes shape

Viewed from the other end, construction continues

View from platform 1 at the station, the workers will get a good view of the trains!

The roof is almost complete

Finished and ready to open, Decimal Place viewed in the early winter sunshine.

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