Description

GREAT AMWELL LOWER ROAD TL 3712 (north side) Great Amwell village 12/2 No 1 (The Well House)

GV II

House. Early C18, altered in early C19. Stucco on brick with slate roofs. An L-shaped, double-pile, 2-storeys house facing E. 1-storey rear outbuilding at NW joins to 2-storeys stable alongside road, of brick and tile. Parallel roofs over each arm of 2-storeys part. Symmetrical 3-window front with parapet and 2 2-storeys bays flanking the door and single sash window over with 8/8 panes. Modern classical porch replacing gabled Victorian one. Elegant canted bay windows of small projection with parapet carried round them above a deep band. Sash windows, with margin lights to ground floor and 2/2 panes above. Gable chimney with offsets projecting on N end. Art Nouveau fireplace on 1st floor. Used by Robert Mylne before he built Amwell Grove in 1795-7 and then called Amwell Cottage. Named Springfield in late C19. Part of a group around Amwell Pool.

Listing NGR: TL3716612636

External Links

• Wikidata Q26625888

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)