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Scriven’s Conduit
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This structure was paid for by Alderman John Scriven and erected in Southgate Street in 1636, where it supplied clean water piped down from Robins Wood Hill. It is an open octagonal structure with a mix of Gothic and classical decoration with depictions of the resources of the Vale of Gloucester around the entablature. The top, which was rebuilt in 1715, is an ogee-open canopy, with carved with allegorical figures, one representing the River Severn. In 1784/5 it was moved to a garden in Dog Lane (now under King’s Walk precinct) and in 1830, went to Edgeworth Manor, the home of Edmund Hopkinson. It was returned to Gloucester in 1937 (at the same time as the King's Board) and placed in Hillfield gardens. Sadly, the stone is heavily weathered and little of the original stone carving remains in good condition.
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