River Lea, Gazebo, Iron Gate And Railings At Rear 65 And 67 High Street And Boundary Wall To Number 63

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE RIVER LEA 829-1/9/193 (North side) 08/05/50 Gazebo, iron gate & railings at rear 65 & 67 High St & boundary wall to No.63 (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET Gazebo at rear No.67)

GV II

Gazebo. Mid C18, restored 1992, architect Dr Mervyn Miller. Single storey, timber-framed and weatherboarded. Canted oriel bay window on brackets over river, with weatherboarded spandrel, 3 sash windows with glazing bars, separated by pilasters, moulded wood cornice and lead flat roof. Single light sash window in west wall; half glazed door, with recessed lower panel with bolection moulding flanked by small sash windows on north wall; plastered C19 extension with Welsh slated roof, on east wall housing reset timber shell-headed niche in interior. Moulded wood cornice and hipped roof, with 4 courses of old tiles alternating with 3 courses of fish-scale tiles. C19 Staffordshire Blue open roll ridge tiles with fleur-de-lys inserts over hips. Weathervane with lurcher dog motif. To left are iron railings, with gate, formerly at head of timber steps (now missing); railings to right link gazebo with boundary wall to No.63. (Edwards E and Perman D: Ware's Past In Pictures: Ware: 1991-: 35; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3571814202