Summary : The Ivy Conduit is thought to have been constructed between 1538 and 1540 as part of the water supply system for Hampton Court Palace. It was one of three conduit houses, collecting water from springs on Coombe Hill for transportation down three miles of lead pipes to Hampton Court Palace. The system ceased to function in 1900.The conduit house consists of a brick, vaulted chamber with recesses in the walls and an inner chamber, which is entered by two steps, containing the spring. Although the front was destroyed by bomb damage in WWII, enough remains to show that it differed markedly from the other conduit houses, and may be a later addition to the system. In 2004 the conduit house underwent a restoration programme that involved the installation of a new drainage system to prevent flooding, and the rebuilding of parts of the walls between the two chambers. The floor was due to be re-laid in 2005. |
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[TQ 20147006] Ivy Conduit[NAT] (1)
Ivy Conduit, c.1514, part of Cardinal Wolsey's water supply for Hampton Court Palace. Although the front was destroyed by a bomb in WWII, enough remains to show that it differed markedly from the other conduit houses, and may be a later addition to the system. The main chamber has a four-centered brick vault and to its rear is a trapezoidal annexe designed to follow the course of the feeder stream. GRADE II. (2-3)
Scheduled Monument No: Lon 92c.
The conduit house consists of a brick, vaulted chamber with recesses in the walls and an inner chamber, which is entered by two steps, containing the spring. It was one of three conduit houses, collecting water from springs on Coombe Hill for transportation down three miles of lead pipes to Hampton Court Palace. The system ceased to function in 1900. (4)
This is set in the grounds of Holy Family School (Holy Cross Preparatory School). (5)
In 2004 the conduit house underwent a restoration programme that involved the installation of a new drainage system to prevent flooding, and the rebuilding of parts of the walls between the two chambers. The floor was due to be re-laid in 2005. (6)
A late Henrician conduit, part of a system that was constructed between 1538-1545 as the needs of Henry VIII's court outgrew the earlier water supply systems built in the time of Cardinal Wolsey. (7)
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