Winnington Road
A private, new build mansion house in Hampstead, London
The water source emerges from the base of a stone feature temple which cascades down a series of steps to a very striking rill of water located centrally within a lawned area.
Water is pumped from the lower pool to the start of the rills at the temple and then flows through the plain and stepped rills returning to the lower pool.
A plant room is located in a room near the feature base where the pumping, water treatment equipment and controls are located.
A bronze sculpture of child gymnasts atop of a plinth encircled by granite cobbles forms the centre-piece of the New Town Square water feature. This plaza type water feature has replaced an existing feature as part of the upgrading of Marlowes Shopping Zone.
The water feature consists of 24 jets in two rings surrounding an existing statue which has been repositioned and mounted. The inner ring has 8 jets reaching a maximum height of 2m. The outer ring has 16 jets reaching a maximum height of 1m.
The 24 nozzles can be varied in height up by way of 24 individual DMX controlled submersible pumps located beneath the feature in a water holding matrix consisting of return water grates, pump pods and an interconnecting pipework system. Water for the jet pumps is stored in the stainless steel matrix. The grate and matrix system has been designed for both pedestrian and street cleaning machine loadings.
Each display jet has been installed with a LED colour changing light unit around the jet to provide an added visual impact. Each jet and light unit is capable of being DMX controllable.
As each jet and light are individually controllable this enables the feature to have a wide variety of sequenced displays involving chasing jets at varying heights as well as colour changing sequences.
An integrated entertainment system has also been installed to sequence the water jets and lights to some pre set musical compositions.
To create a different effect a misting system has also been incorporated which will emanate from each of the water return grates to create a different atmosphere around the statue when the jets are not running.
The Jellicoe Water Gardens on the River Gade lie in the centre of Hemel Hempstead.
The Water Gardens were created by renowned landscape designer Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1962. In 2017, a restoration project of the much-loved Gardens was completed, returning them to their former glory. There are several water features including a canal, a fountain and a weir.
The floating display fountain is located in the lake with the controls located in a GRP kiosk located in a landscaped area near the end of the lake. The fountain is fitted with a Sceptre type nozzle to give a maximum water jet height of 3.0m and maximum diameter of 2.4m that will provide an interesting visual display for visitors to the gardens.
In the evening time when the light levels drop the jet can be illuminated via its onboard white lights which are controlled via a timer within the kiosk.
