Gazebo Within the Garden of Former Amwell House
GAZEBO WITHIN THE GARDEN OF FORMER AMWELL HOUSE, BETWEEN NUMBERS 28 AND 34, SCOTTS ROAD, WARE, SG12 9JQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1275397
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Gazebo Within the Garden of Former Amwell House
- Statutory Address:
- GAZEBO WITHIN THE GARDEN OF FORMER AMWELL HOUSE, BETWEEN NUMBERS 28 AND 34, SCOTTS ROAD, WARE, SG12 9JQ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1275397
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Gazebo Within the Garden of Former Amwell House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GAZEBO WITHIN THE GARDEN OF FORMER AMWELL HOUSE, BETWEEN NUMBERS 28 AND 34, SCOTTS ROAD, WARE, SG12 9JQ
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GAZEBO WITHIN THE GARDEN OF FORMER AMWELL HOUSE, BETWEEN NUMBERS 28 AND 34, SCOTTS ROAD, WARE, SG12 9JQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ware
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 35674 13828
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 02/08/2016
TL3513NE
829-1/13/160
WARE TOWN
SCOTTS ROAD (West side)
Gazebo within the garden of former Amwell House
(Formerly listed as Gazebo between Nos. 28 and 34 (not included))
08/05/50
GV
II*
Gazebo. Built c1768 by John Scott, the Quaker poet, of Amwell House. Restored 1990. Constructed above the grotto (qv) on the summit of the hillside above Scott's garden. Single storey, octagonal plan. High brick plinth, with 2 flights of flint steps to entrance, with half glazed door, with pointed fanlight with Gothic tracery above. In remainder, 3 flush set Gothic arched, traceried, casement windows, alternating with flint-faced panels. Moulded wood cornice. Old tiled roof. Described by Scott as his `airy octogon', from which he commanded a panorama from Hertford, across Ware to Great Amwell, the subject of his long poem `Amwell'.
(Heath C: The Book of Ware. A Portrait of the Town: Chesham: 1977: 105-6, 120-1; Perman D: Ware UD. List of buildings of special arch or historic interest: 1993: 57; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851).
Listing NGR: TL3567413828
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 412393
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Heath, C, The Book of Ware A Portrait of the Town, (1977), 105-6
Heath, C, The Book of Ware A Portrait of the Town, (1977), 120-1
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 21 Hertfordshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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