DOCSLIB.ORG

Heritage Report

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Heritage Report 1 Heritage Report Flat 28, 43-53 Myddelton Square, EC1R 1YD Replacement of windows and door on rear elevation with matching windows 4D Planning, 86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London EC2A 4NE 2 Listed Buildings 43-53 Myddelton Square, EC1R 1YD is part of a terraced block consisting residential dwellings. The terrace, 31-57 Myddleton Square, is Grade II listed. The property was first listed in 29-Dec-1950. The listing refers to a terrace of 27 houses, some now flats, along the east and north sides of Myddelton Square, laid out 1824-1827 by William Chadwell Mylne, Surveyor to the New River Estate. Nos. 43-53 were rebuilt by the New River Company in 1947-48 following war damage. Nos. 31-57 Myddleton Square, a terrace of 1824-7, with Nos. 43-53 rebuilt after the Second World War, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: a well-proportioned terrace forming the north and north-east sides of Myddleton Square, possessing fine stucco and cast-iron details; * Historic Interest: a cohesive architectural language secured by the development of the Square by the New River Company, founded in 1622 by Sir Hugh Myddleton; * Alteration: Nos. 43-53 were rebuilt in the same idiom by the New River Company in 1947-48 following war damage, an early example of post-war conservation-inspired reconstruction which maintains the architectural cohesion of the group and contributes further to its historic interest; * Group Value: the terrace has a high degree of group value with the other terraces of the Square and with the Church of St Mark at its centre, all listed at Grade II, with which it forms an ensemble. History Myddelton Square, the largest square in Clerkenwell, was built as part of the New River Company’s early-to-mid C19 development of its estate, which comprised land surrounding the New River Head waterworks accumulated over two centuries. Plans for a large square with a church as its focus were commenced in 1818 by William Chadwell Mylne, Surveyor to the NRC; building began in 1823 and was completed in 1836. The square, named after the NRC founder Sir Hugh Myddelton, originally consisted of 73 houses by thirteen different builders; two extra houses were inserted on the south side in 1842-3 on a gap between Nos. 11 and 12, left vacant for a road to Sadler’s Wells which was never realised. 4D Planning, 86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London EC2A 4NE 3 Development of the square’s north side (Nos. 39-57) began in 1824-5, with Nos. 47-49 (James Armsby and Thomas Sowter) and No. 50 (John Bringloe); followed by Nos. 40-46 (1827-9, Arsmby & Sowter); Nos. 51-57 (1829-30, Richard Chapman), finishing in 1831-2 with No. 39 (Armsby & Sowter). The north- eastern return (Nos. 31-38) began in 1827-9 with Nos. 34-38 (William Harris); Nos. 31-33 (James Mansfield) were built 1829-33. The houses in the square followed a cohesive design with varying details; all are built in stock brick, of four storeys above a basement and with two bay façades. Nos. 39-49 did not receive the horizontally channelled stucco finish to the ground floor present on the other houses in the square. The square’s north side suffered serious damage in an air-raid of 11 January 1941, which virtually destroyed Nos. 43-53. These houses were rebuilt by the New River Company as a series of flats in 1947-8, comprising (from east to west) two blocks of five units and two blocks of ten. The work was probably overseen by Daniel Watney, Eiloart, Inman & Nunn. They were given a uniform façade which followed the form of the original with certain exceptions: four instead of the original eleven entrances were reinstated (reflecting the new internal layout); the iron balconets to the first-floor windows were omitted, as were the stucco ground-floor finishes to Nos. 50-54. A number of other houses have been subsequently been converted into flats. Appraisal: A terrace of 27 houses, some now flats, along the east and north sides of Myddelton Square, laid out 1824-1827 by William Chadwell Mylne, Surveyor to the New River Estate. Development of the square’s north side (Nos. 39-57) began in 1824-5, with Nos. 47-49 (by James Armsby and Thomas Sowter) and No. 50 (John Bringloe); followed by Nos. 40-46 (1827-9, Arsmby & Sowter); Nos. 51-57 (1829-30, Richard Chapman), finishing in 1831-2 with No. 39 (Armsby & Sowter). The north-eastern return (Nos. 31-38) began in 1827-9 with Nos. 34-38 (William Harris); Nos. 31-33 (James Mansfield) were built 1829-33. Nos. 43-53 constructed 1947-1948 following the destruction of the original in the Second World War, also for the New River Estate and probably overseen by Daniel Watney, Eiloart, Inman & Nunn. MATERIALS: yellow stock brick set in Flemish bond with banded stucco ground-floor (except nos. 39-53) and stucco dressings. The roofs are obscured by parapets, but the party wall stacks are of brick. PLAN: side-hall entrance plan, except to Nos. 43-53. EXTERIOR: four storeys with basements, with two window bays to each dwelling. The right-hand return wall to No. 31 in Chadwell Street and left-hand return wall to No. 57 in Mylne Street have one-storey stucco portico entrances. Steps rise to irregularly spaced round or elliptical-arched entrances. The jambs of the doorways have 1/4 fluted columns (Nos. 31-32 & 39-42 have pilasters) carrying corniced-= heads with fanlights (Nos. 31-32, 36-40, 43-53, flats 1-30 patterned) and original panelled doors to Nos.32, 34, 36-39 and 54-55. The fenestration comprises ground-floor round and elliptical-arched sashes (some with margin lights) set in stucco recesses with panels below. There are gauged-brick, flat-arched, mostly six-over-six and three-over-three sashes to 4D Planning, 86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London EC2A 4NE 4 the upper floors (some French doors). On the first floor there is a stucco sill band beneath full-length sashes set in arched recesses linked by stucco impost bands and with iron-bracketed, coupled cast-iron balconies (except to Nos. 43-53 which are missing) with Vitruvian scroll and anthemion patterns to the railings. Some rebuilding has occurred to the upper floors; the plain brick parapet has a brick string course and stone coping. Nos. 43-53 have extensive alterations to the fenestration including the changing of Nos. 47-49 & 51-52 doors to windows during the C20 rebuild; renumbering also took place. A plaque to the right of original No. 46 (now called flats 11-20 of 43-53) reads: '43-53 Myddelton Square destroyed by enemy action on 11th January 1941 Rebuilt 1947-1948 by The New River Company'. The rear elevation of these dwellings has projecting concrete and brick extensions and fenestration of 1947-8 and later and is not of special interest. INTERIOR: not inspected. It is understood that the interiors of Nos. 43-53 date entirely to 1947-1948 and are not of special interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached there are cast-iron railings with urn finials. Sources Sources were brought down from historicengland.org.uk website. These also include: Books and journals Cosh, M, The Squares of Islington: Part One Finsbury and Clerkenwell, (1990), 59-62 Saint, A, Survey of London: Volume 47: Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville, (2008), 203-8 National Grid Reference: TQ 31359 83005 New Area Conservation Area The area includes the site of the New River Head, with its historic industrial and water buildings and Sadler's Wells Theatre, while the rest of the area mainly comprises late 18th and early 19th century residential estates built by the New River Company, the Brewer's Company and the Lloyd Baker Estate. These include some of the finest terraces and squares in the Borough. The area has a rare quality and consistency of scale, materials, design and detailing which require careful and sensitive policies for its protection and enhancement. The current legislation relating to conservation areas is contained within the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Changes to conservation areas and the creation of new conservation areas can be carried at anytime as part of ongoing assessment by the council. There will be public consultation when any changes are proposed to Islington's conservation areas. 4D Planning, 86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London EC2A 4NE 5 Proposed Development The proposal includes the replacement of the existing crittall windows in bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and balcony door with CRITTALL STEEL double glazed frame windows and door to match existing. See Full Planning Application P2016/3384/FUL also submitted. Sustainability and Conclusion The proposal includes: Replacement of five windows and door with steel windows and door to match the existing windows and doors in the building. Attached to the application is the window schedule and specifications from the manufacturer. Currently the windows leak and there is condensation and dampness in the property. There is also a draft of air coming in from the windows and these harm the fabric of the listed building and are an inconvenience to the occupants. The proposal will seek to improve the environmental performance of the flat and overall building as much as possible, if it can be carried out without impacting on the character and setting of the heritage asset. The proposal will prevent damp, cold and hot air slipping through and harm to the flat and wider heritage asset.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Clerke Enwell Paroch Hial Sc Hool
    Heritage Statement and Design & Access Statement Clerkenwell Parochial School Amwell Street, Islington, ec1 Application for Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent David Gibson Architects February 2014 26 February 2014 Ref.: 0997/140226.it David Gibson Architects 35 Britannia Row London N1 8QH (fax 020 7704 6946) 020 7226 2207 Page 1 Location and Context Clerkenwell Parochial Church of England Primary School is located in the southern part of the London Borough of Islington within the New River Conservation Area. The school building and the attached former Caretaker’s House are Listed Grade II (see attached ‘list’ description – appendix A). Clerkenwell Parochial is one of the oldest extant school houses in London. If the school is to continue to run effectively and successfully, it must update itself and its surroundings, but without detracting from its charm, identity or historic character. History Clerkenwell Parochial School moved to its present site in 1828 for the education of the children in the New River Company and Lloyd Baker estates, then still under construction. The new school building, in a Tudor style and St. Mark's church, in a plain Gothic style, both by William Chadwell Mylne, the New River Company's architect, were precursors of the more vigorously eclectic revivalist styles, which were to become fashionable by the middle of the century. The Listing The school was ’Listed' in September 1972, as a ‘building of special architectural or historical interest' under Section 54 of Chapter 78 the Town and Country Planning Act 1971. The listing is at Grade II. There are now nearly 4000 Listed Buildings in Islington, of which all but a handful are Grade II, but many regard this as one of the most important because of its early date, because of its significance in the development of the historic Clerkenwell estates and because it is an unusually well-preserved pre-School Board school, retaining intact most of its original features and early adaptations - one of the few surviving in London.
    [Show full text]
  • The New River Improvement Project 7Th September 2017 Claudia Innes
    The New River Improvement Project 7th September 2017 Claudia Innes Community Projects Executive Corporate Responsibility Team ∗ Team of 18 - Education, community investment, volunteering and nature reserves ∗ Manage a £6.5 million community investment fund between 2014 and 2019 ∗ Aim to engage customers and communities through: ∗ environmental enhancement ∗ improving access and recreation ∗ educational outreach Governance • All funding applicants apply by form. • All spend is approved in advance by our Charities Committee • A Memorandum Of Understanding is generated to release the funds to the partner. 3 The New River – a brief history ∗ Aqueduct completed in 1613 by Goldsmith and Adventurer Hugh Myddelton and Mathematician Edward Wright. ∗ King James I agreed to provide half the costs on condition he received half of the profits ∗ Total cost of construction was £18,500. ∗ Essential part of London’s water supply. 48 million gallons a day are carried for treatment. The New River – a brief history ∗ Originally fed only by sources at Chadwell and Amwell Springs. ∗ The course of the New River now ends at Stoke Newington East Reservoir (Woodberry Wetlands). ∗ Water levels are regulated by sluices. Path development ∗ The New River Path was developed over 12 years at a cost of over £2 million ∗ 28 miles from Hertfordshire to North London. ∗ We have worked in partnership with, and with the support of, many organisations; including Groundwork, the New River Action Group, Friends of New River Walk, schools and communities, and all the local authorities
    [Show full text]
  • Former Fellows Biographical Index Part
    Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Biographical Index Part Two ISBN 0 902198 84 X Published July 2006 © The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 PART II K-Z C D Waterston and A Macmillan Shearer This is a print-out of the biographical index of over 4000 former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh as held on the Society’s computer system in October 2005. It lists former Fellows from the foundation of the Society in 1783 to October 2002. Most are deceased Fellows up to and including the list given in the RSE Directory 2003 (Session 2002-3) but some former Fellows who left the Society by resignation or were removed from the roll are still living. HISTORY OF THE PROJECT Information on the Fellowship has been kept by the Society in many ways – unpublished sources include Council and Committee Minutes, Card Indices, and correspondence; published sources such as Transactions, Proceedings, Year Books, Billets, Candidates Lists, etc. All have been examined by the compilers, who have found the Minutes, particularly Committee Minutes, to be of variable quality, and it is to be regretted that the Society’s holdings of published billets and candidates lists are incomplete. The late Professor Neil Campbell prepared from these sources a loose-leaf list of some 1500 Ordinary Fellows elected during the Society’s first hundred years. He listed name and forenames, title where applicable and national honours, profession or discipline, position held, some information on membership of the other societies, dates of birth, election to the Society and death or resignation from the Society and reference to a printed biography.
    [Show full text]
  • A Celebration of the Islington Community of Schools Shortlist
    A celebration of the Islington Community of Schools Shortlist All those shortlisted Shortlisted nominees demonstrate ambition, innovation and excellence Bright Start Early Years Educator of the Year in their work. Aleta Ramsey, Nursery Teacher, Hugh Myddelton Primary School Rae Armes, 0-3 Coordinator, Prior Weston Primary School and Children’s Centre Ruby Uddin, Senior Early Years Educator, Archway Children’s Centre Covid Champion Andrew Turnock (and the entire school staff), Associate Head, Grafton Primary School Majella Brogan, Teresa Duignan, Tracey Daniel, Children’s Champions/Learning Support Assistants, Christ The King RC Primary Schools Abigail Miles, Year 1 Class Teacher and PE Lead, Thornhill Primary School Governing Board of the Year City of London Primary Academy Islington Highbury Community Nursery Samuel Rhodes School The Green Award Hargrave Park Primary School Montem Primary School Pooles Park Primary School Headteacher of the Year Jack Sloan, Headteacher, Hanover Primary School Francis Gonzalez, Headteacher, Richard Cloudesley School Deborah Shepherd, Headteacher, St Mary Magdalene Academy - The Courtyard Remote Learning Award David Shemoon, Assistant Head, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Paul Beeton, Assistant Head, Hanover Primary School Satya Maremanda, Assistant Head - Digital Strategy, Newington Green and Rotherfield Primary Schools Partnership Senior Leader of the Year Sue Brownson, Deputy Head and Lead for Deaf Provision, Laycock Primary School Sharon Kelly, Head of Centre, New River College - Medical Gabby London, Senior Lead, CurioCity Childcare Support Staff of the Year Winners will be Samuel Owusu, Teaching Assistant, Arts and Media School Islington announced at the Islington Ninfa Restrepo, Teaching Assistant, Year 3 and Specialist SEND Provision, Canonbury Education Awards Primary School ceremony on Gary Atkinson, Premises Manager, The Edventure Collaborative 29 June 2021.
    [Show full text]
  • CONDON Gazeffe, MAY 24, 1864. No. 22857. C
    CONDON GAZEffE, MAY 24, 1864. said Joseph William Thrapp, who ia now~the surviving only to the claims of which they shall then have.had notice; executor of the 'said John Collins,- at the offices of his and further, that they will not be liable for any'part of such Solicitors, Messrs. Burgoynes, Millies, and Burgoyne, assets to any person of whose claim they shall not then have situate at No. 160, Oxford-street, London, on or before the had notice.—Dated this 23rd day of May, 1864. 7th day of July, 1864, at the expiration of which time the CHARLES RIVINGTON, No. 1, Fenchurch- said surviving executor will distribute the assets of the said buildings. John Collins among the parties entitled thereto, having re- WILLIAM CHADWELL MYLNE, Esquire, Deceased. gard to the claims of which the said surviving executor shall Pursuant to the Act of Parliament 22nd and 23rd Victoria, then have had notice, and will not be liable for the assets, cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further amend the Law of so distributed, to any 'person of whose debt or claim the said Property, and to relieve Trustees." surviving executor shall not then have notice.—Dated this OTICE is hereby given, that .ill persons having claims 19th day of May, 1864. N against the estate of William Ohadwell Mylne, formerly BURGOYNES, MILNES, and BURGOYNE, of the New River Head, in the parish of ClerkenweiJ, in No. 160, Oxford-street, London, Solicitors for the the county of Middlesex, and late of Am well, in the county said Joseph William Thrnpp.
    [Show full text]
  • Page 1 the NEW RIVER Nero Pjver Feed Page 2 INTRODUCTION This
    THC NCU' RIUCR o "4r*r 4n &ad. c o INTRODUCTIOH Thls aocuoent presente an account of hor a ner river trhe bietory of the riverre constaarctlon eled. nas created in the earLy part of the 1?th century, to cuboequent developent offers nar{y faectnatln€ features plor;'iale an urgpntly needeil supply of clea.n drlnJtin€i nater, of lnterest and plays a.rIr influential part in the sociaL to the rapldly e4rantlSng comtnitieg of london. history of london, particularly in Islilgton. In orrier to establieh the inportance of lflbe fiev klver to the cittrr ft tell.s the story of an entezprising,e^nd lrealihy of London in the 17th centuqf, thie study vi11 ftrgt +*re Jacobean gentlenan caLLed Eu€h Myddelton, vho, in 1508t conslder the early hietory of water sutrrply in took responsibility by po've:s conferred upon bie by Acts netropolis, the inatleguaciee of nhlch cleflled the neeil of Parlidment, to const:ruct a cha;nnel r'or the conveyaJlce for a supplyr.:eliabl-e ln qr:a1ity as irell as quartlty. of nater fion sprlngs at ChadwelL and. Aunell 1n (Later in an appenclir an exarnination nil1 be na.ile of tbe Eertforrlshire, to the l{ortb side of the city, froo r*ricb eocial conditions vhicb provided opportunity fol the It coukl be pi.ped to hqrsebolders in the city. eoer€ence of ffditeltoatsrartificial streaner ) nnochure cotoplleil by L.G,B. Hughes for the New River &hlbition, fs).lngton Fegtival 1974. The FestivaL Corunittee lishes to thank The Metropolitan Vater Board for its support, erid the folloving for their assistance: Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mylne Family [Microform] : Master Masons, Architects, Engineers, Their Professional Career, 1481-1876
    THE MYLNE FAMILY. MASTER MASONS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1481-1876. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION BY ROBERT W. MYLNE, C.E., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., F.S.A Scot PEL, INST. BRIT. ARCH LONDON 187 JOHN MYLNE, MASTER MASON ANDMASTER OF THE LODGE OF SCONE. {area 1640—45.) Jfyotn an original drawing in tliepossession of W. F. Watson, Esq., Edinburgh. C%*l*\ fA^ CONTENTS. PREFACE. " REPRINT FROM ARTICLEIN DICTIONARYOF ARCHITECTURE.^' 1876. REGISTER 07 ABMB—LTONOFFICE—SCOTLAND,1672. BEPBIKT FBOH '-' HISTOBT OF THKLODGE OF EDINBURGH," 1873. CONTRACT BT THE MASTER MASONS OF THE LODGE OF SCONE AND PERTH, 1658. APPENDIX. EXTRACTS FROM THE BURGH BOOKS OF DUNDEE, 1567—1604. CONTRACT WITH GEORGE THOMSON AND JOHN MTLNE, MASONS, TO MAKE ADDITIONS TO LORD BANNTAYNE'S HOUSE AT NEWTTLE. NEAR DUNDEE, 1589. — EXTRACTS FROM THE BURGH BOOKS OF EDINBURGH, 1616 17. CONTRACT BETWIXT JOHN MTLNE,AND LORD SCONE TO BUILD A CHURCH AT FALKLAND,1620. EXTRACTS FROM THE BURGH BOOKS OF DUNDEE AND ABERDEEN, 1622—27. EXTRACT FROM THE CHAMBEBLAIn'b ACCOUNTS OF THE EABL OF PERTH, 1629. GRANT TOJOHN MTLNEOF THE OFFICE OF PRINCIPAL MASTER MASON TO THEKING,1631. EXTRACTS FBOM THE BUBGH BOOKS OF KIBCALDT AND DUNDEE, 1643—51. GRANT TO JOHN MTLNE, TOUNGER, KING'S PRINCIPAL MASTER MASON> OF THE OFFICE OF CAPTAIN AND MASTER OF PIONEERS AND PRINCIPAL MASTER GUNNER OF ALLSCOTLAND,1646. CONTRACT WITHJOHN MTLNEAND GEORGE 2ND EABL 09 PANMUBE TO BUILDPANMURE HOUSE, ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT MANSION AT BOWBCHIN, NEAR DUNDEE, 1666. BOTAL WARRANT CONCERNING THE FINISHING OF THE PALACE OF HOLTROOD, 21 FEBRUARY,1676.
    [Show full text]
  • Name of Document
    HERITAGE SUPPORTING STATEMENT In respect of R/O 28 AMWELL STREET ISLINGTON On behalf of TURNHOLD (ISLINGTON) LIMITED CgMs Ref: JO/DM/11841 Date: August 2010 Heritage Supporting Statement R/O 28 Amwell Street, Islington Turnhold (Islington) Limited CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 2.0 SITE DESCRIPTION 6 3.0 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 7 4.0 LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE 16 5.0 THE PROPOSALS AND IMPACTS 18 6.0 CONCLUSION 21 SOURCES CONSULTED 23 Appendices Appendix 1: List descriptions and New River Conservation Area Map Figures Figure 1: Site Location Figure 2: Morgan, 1682 Figure 3: John Rocque, 1746 Figure 4: John Rocque, 1747 Figure 5: An actual survey of the New River Head near Islington, 1763 Figure 6: Richard Horward, 1799-1819 Figure 7: Greenwood, 1827 Figure 8: Ordnance Survey, 1874 Figure 9: Ordnance Survey, 1896 Figure 10: Ordnance Survey, 1938 Figure 11: Ordnance Survey, 1953 Figure 12: Ordnance Survey, 1971 Figure 13: Ordnance Survey, 1976 Plates List Plate 1: South elevation of Engine House and attached Boiler House Plate 2: South elevation of Boiler House Plate 3: South elevation of South Stores Plate 4: Remains of former Windmill CgMs Ltd © 2 JO/DM/11841 Draft Heritage Supporting Statement R/O 28 Amwell Street, Islington Turnhold (Islington) Limited Plate 5: Detail of granite setts with inlaid rails Plate 6: View into the site from the east Plate 7: North elevation of the Boiler House Plate 8: West elevation of the North Stores Plate 9: South elevation of the North Stores Plate 10: West elevation of the Engine House and attached Boiler House CgMs Ltd © 3 JO/DM/11841 Draft Heritage Supporting Statement R/O 28 Amwell Street, Islington Turnhold (Islington) Limited 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This report has been prepared by Jody M O’Reilly and Edward Kitchen of CgMs Ltd, to support applications for planning permission and listed building consent relating to a series of former industrial buildings at the rear of 28 Amwell Street, Islington (see Fig.
    [Show full text]
  • Summer 2019 | Issue 55 the Newsletter of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
    Ralph Riley The Clerk The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators The Lark, 2 Bell Lane Worlington Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP28 8SE Tel: 01638 510626 Email: [email protected] www.waterconservators.org The Conservator Summer 2019 | Issue 55 The Newsletter of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators make a difference in terms of thought A Message from leadership on some of the absolutely critical issues facing society today the Master both in the UK and worldwide – through networking, catalysing and I and my Consort, Judy, share some coordinating action, speeches, visits, wonderful memories of my Installation and writing articles. One excellent Lunch which was held in Stationers illustration of what can be achieved Hall just a few days ago, attended by was the launch of our “Control of your so many members of the Company Environment” initiative on the 22nd and distinguished guests. It is a huge March 2019 that followed the WET 10 honour and privilege to be installed Lecture on Plastics and the Oceans. as your 31st Master. I look forward Led by Master Simon Catford these with excitement and relish to the are an example of how the Company every member of the Company were opportunities and challenges of the can catalyse and enable an initiative to set themselves the challenge of year ahead. to take place, in this case working recruiting just one new member in the with The City of London Corporation, course of the year, our membership But first I should like to pay tribute to Thames Water, Thames 21 and numbers would be transformed! my predecessor, Simon Catford, and others.
    [Show full text]
  • The Myddelton and Wittewronge Families by JOHN WOLFE LYDEKKER, M.A., F.R.Hist.S
    We are grateful to these organisations for their permission to republish the following images: • Myddleton portrait: permission of Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London • Wittewronge portrait: permission of Lawes Agricultural Trust Co Ltd • Old Harpenden church window: permission of Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies www.stalbanshistory.org June 2015 Photo b,1/ Thurston, Harvenden. SIR THOMAS MYDDELTON (1550-1631), Lord Mayor of London. (From the Portrait at Rothamsted.) The Myddelton and Wittewronge Families BY JOHN WOLFE LYDEKKER, M.A., F.R.Hist.S. MONG the portraits at Rothamsted, Harpenden, is a painting of Sir Thomas Myddelton, brother AL of the celebrated Sir Hugh Myddelton, who constructed the " New River " water supply from Hertfordshire to London in the early years of the seventeenth century. It is the purpose of these notes to trace the alliance between this ancient Welsh family and the Flemish family of Wittewronge, who became lords of the manor of Rothamsted. The Myddelton family of Denbigh was one of the oldest in Wales. It claimed descent from one Ririd ap Blaidd (or " the wolf "), a Welsh chieftain, who flourished in the twelfth century. He is said to have married his cousin, the grand-daughter of Blaidd Rhudd (or " the bloody wolf "), Lord of Gest, Penmorva. Ririd's descendant, Ririd, ap David, ap Blaidd, married Cilicia, daughter and heir of Sir Alexander Myddelton, Governor of Montgomery Castle. His son, Ririd ap Blaidd, assumed his mother's name of Myddelton, and his grandson, David Myddelton, of Denbigh, became Receiver-General of North Wales in the reign of Edward IV.1 This David married Elyn, daughter of Sir John Done of Utkington, Cheshire having (it is said) slain her first husband (and kinsman), Richard Done of Croton, as the newly-wedded couple were leaving the church after their marriage.
    [Show full text]
  • Sanitary Reform of London: the Working Collection of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Ca
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft3x0nb131 No online items Guide to the Sanitary Reform of London: The Working Collection of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, ca. 1785-1969 Processed by Special Collections staff. Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/ © 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. DA676 .S26 1785 1 Guide to the Sanitary Reform of London: The Working Collection of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, ca. 1785-1969 Collection number: DA676 .S26 1785 Department of Special Collections and University Archives Rare Book Division Stanford University Libraries Stanford, California Contact Information Department of Special Collections Green Library Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/ Processed by: Special Collections staff Encoded by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble © 2002 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Sanitary Reform of London: the working collection of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Date (inclusive): ca. 1785-1969 Collection number: DA676 .S26 1785 Creator: Bazalgette, Joseph Extent: 455 items Repository: Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Abstract: The collection documents the history of the sanitary evolution of London from the 1840s to the early twentieth century. Some 4500 separate printed, typescript, and manuscript items trace the stages by which the drainage and fresh water supply for London was introduced-- in its time perhaps the greatest feat of urban civil engineering that had ever been undertaken.
    [Show full text]
  • Amwell Street, London. Conservation of Buildings Research Analysis
    The Historic Environment Consultancy CONSERVATION OF BUILDINGS RESEARCH ANALYSIS For 48 Amwell St, Islington, London, EC1R 1XS Planning Ref P072699 Listed Building Consent Ref P072723 Appeal Ref No App/V5570/E/08/2065168/WF Appeal Ref No App/V5570/E/08/2065165/WF Dr Peter Wardle 4/04/2008 © The Historic EnvironmentConsultancy 2008 1 Historic Environment Consulltany 38 Elvendon Rd Goring on Thames Oxon RG8 0DU, T01491 875584 F01491 875239 E:[email protected] www.historicenvironment.co.uk A Conservation of Buildings Research Analysis: 48 Amwell St, Islington, London, EC1R 1XS In connection with planning application reference number: Planning Ref P072699 Listed Building Consent Ref P072723 And Appeal Reference Numbers Appeal Ref No App/V5570/E/08/2065168/WF Appeal Ref No App/V5570/E/08/2065165/WF by Dr Peter Wardle 4/April/2008 -,2#,21 1. PART 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ..................................................10 1.1 The Basis of The Report. ...........................................................10 2. Introduction ..............................................................................11 2.1 The Client ............................................................................11 2.2 Location ..............................................................................11 2.3 Short Description of the Development ...........................................11 2.4 Site Visit ..............................................................................11 3. Historic Environment Planning History & Background. .............................13
    [Show full text]