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Latitude: 51.8068 / 51°48'24"N
Longitude: -0.044 / 0°2'38"W
OS Eastings: 534948
OS Northings: 213829
OS Grid: TL349138
Mapcode National: GBR KBL.MPD
Mapcode Global: VHGPH.6V28
Plus Code: 9C3XRX44+P9
Entry Name: New River, Gauge Enclosure and Railings on the Meads at TL 3494 1382
Listing Date: 13 September 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1217387
English Heritage Legacy ID: 412227
ID on this website: 101217387
Location: Pine Hurst, East Hertfordshire, SG12
County: Hertfordshire
District: East Hertfordshire
Civil Parish: Ware
Built-Up Area: Ware
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Ware Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WARE TOWN
TL3413NE NEW RIVER
829-1/11/206 Gauge Enclosure and railings on The
Meads at TL 3494 1382
II
Gauge enclosure and railings. 1770. Designed by Robert Mylne,
architect and engineer to the New River Company. Portland
stone, in appearance resembling a massive chest tomb, standing
on stone slabs spanning the New River. Plinth with cyma recta
and scotia mouldings, sides with recessed, plain panels,
cornice and blocking course. On the north bank is a half oval
enclosure of cast-iron railings, with urn finials at
intervals, with ogee bracing.
HISTORICAL NOTE: in order to increase the supply of water to
London along the New River, the company obtained Parliamentary
Sanction in 1738 to construct a cut joining the New River to
the River Lea, and to draw a measured quantity of water. The
gauge enclosure, known as `The Marble Gauge' replaced an
earlier device located at the nearby sluice and was itself
superseded in 1856 by the New Gauge near Hertford.
(The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles: Branch
Johnson W: The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire: Newton
Abbot: 1970-: 99; Thames Water Authority: History of the New
River: London).
Listing NGR: TL3494013820
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