Gazebo Within The Garden Of Former Amwell House is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A C18 Garden structure.

Gazebo Within The Garden Of Former Amwell House

WRENN ID
shifting-cupola-vermeil
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Garden structure
Address
Gazebo Within The Garden Of Former Amwell House, Between Numbers 28 and 34, Scotts Road, Ware, SG12 9JQ
OS grid reference
TL 356 138
Coordinates
51.80664, -0.03351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gazebo within the garden of the former Amwell House is a Grade II* listed structure, built around 1768 by John Scott, the Quaker poet. It was restored in 1990 and is situated on the summit of a hillside above Scott's garden, constructed above a grotto. The gazebo has a single-storey, octagonal plan with a high brick plinth and features two flights of flint steps leading to the entrance, which includes a half-glazed door topped by a pointed fanlight with Gothic tracery. The remaining walls have three flush-set Gothic arched casement windows with tracery, alternating with flint-faced panels. It is topped with an old tiled roof and has a moulded wood cornice. Scott referred to it as his "airy octagon," from which he enjoyed a panoramic view stretching from Hertford, across Ware to Great Amwell, a theme explored in his long poem "Amwell."

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