River Lea, Gazebo, Iron Gate and Railings at Rear 65 and 67 High Street and Boundary Wall to Number 63 is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Gazebo.

River Lea, Gazebo, Iron Gate and Railings at Rear 65 and 67 High Street and Boundary Wall to Number 63

WRENN ID
night-groin-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Gazebo
Address
River Lea, Gazebo, Iron Gate and Railings at Rear 65 and 67 High Street and Boundary Wall to Number 63, Ware
OS grid reference
TL 357 142
Coordinates
51.81, -0.03273
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The River Lea gazebo, located at the rear of 65 and 67 High Street, is a mid-18th century structure that was restored in 1992 by architect Dr. Mervyn Miller. This single-storey gazebo is timber-framed and weatherboarded. It features a canted oriel bay window on brackets overlooking the river, with a weatherboarded spandrel and three sash windows with glazing bars, separated by pilasters. The gazebo has a moulded wood cornice and a lead flat roof.

On the west wall, there is a single light sash window, while the north wall has a half-glazed door with a recessed lower panel that has bolection moulding, flanked by small sash windows. An extension from the 19th century, with a Welsh slated roof, is located on the east wall and contains a reset timber shell-headed niche inside. The gazebo also has a moulded wood cornice and a hipped roof, adorned with four courses of old tiles alternating with three courses of fish-scale tiles. The ridge is finished with 19th-century Staffordshire Blue open roll tiles featuring fleur-de-lys inserts over the hips, and there is a weathervane with a lurcher dog motif.

To the left of the gazebo are iron railings with a gate that once led to timber steps, which are now missing. The railings on the right connect the gazebo to the boundary wall of number 63.

Local climate

River Lea, Gazebo, Iron Gate and Railings at Rear 65 and 67 High Street and Boundary Wall to Number 63 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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