The church of ST. ALBAN, Coopersale, was built at the expense of Miss Archer-Houblon in 1852. It was consecrated in the same year and a particular district assigned to it. The advowson was vested in Miss Archer-Houblon and it remained in her family until 1914 when it was transferred to the Bishop of Chelmsford. The building is of flint and consists of chancel, nave, south porch, and north vestry with bellcote at the west end of the nave.
Miss Archer-Houblon also provided the parish with a school and the substantial vicarage The vicarage, now privately owned, stands to the north of the church and is a gabled house of variegated brickwork.
Across the road from the church is the original school, now the current Parish Room, a single-story building dating from about 1865, of brown brick with dressings of red and black.
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