Description

WARE TOWN

TL3413NE NEW RIVER
829-1/11/206 Gauge Enclosure and railings on The
Meads at TL 3494 1382

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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superseded in 1856 by the New Gauge near Hertford.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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512113

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  For the Record
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings