Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse, And Attached Weir And Culvert / Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse, And Attached Weir / Mayroyd Mill (Wheelhouse, Water Wheel And Weir)

Date:
3 Aug 1999
Location:
Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse, And Attached Weir And Culvert, Station Road, Hebden Royd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 6JE
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Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse, And Attached Weir, Station Road, Hebden Royd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 6JE
Mayroyd Mill (Wheelhouse, Water Wheel And Weir), Station Road, Hebden Royd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 6JE
Reference:
IOE01/01082/10
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 92 NE HEBDEN ROYD SD 995268

(off) STATION ROAD 1/255 Hebden Bridge

Mayroyd Mill wheelhouse, 10.10.1974 and attached Weir (formerly listed as Mayroyd Mill (Wheelhouse, Water Wheel and Weir)

GV II

The address and description shall be amended to read:-

SD 92 NE HEBDEN ROYD STATION ROAD 151-/1/255 Hebden Bridge

Mayroyd Mill wheelhouse, 10.10.1974 and attached Weir and Culvert (formerly listed as STATION ROAD, Hebden Bridge Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse and attached Weir)

GV II

Wheelhouse to mill (now demolished), early C19. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof survives in part, one end of roof clad in asbestos, over wooden extension. East elevation has central doorway with window to either side with plain stone surrounds. Left hand return wall has 2 similar windows in gable which overlooks the river Calder. Rear has large semi-circular arched entrance to sluice. Interior houses cast iron and steel undershot wheel 16 feet diameter, 15 feet wide. The weir, set diagonally across the river, is low and buttressed.

Attached to the wheelhouse, where the water is discharged from the wheel, is an arched stone culvert which returns the water to the river. This culvert is dressed stone, with a simple rounded arch profile, 5 metres wide and 2 metres high above the present water level. It stretches 440 metres, with a nearly flat gradient, dropping only 0.2 metres in its entire length.

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HEBDEN ROYD C.P. (off) STATION ROAD, SD 92NE Hebden Bridge SD 995268 Mayroyd Mill Wheelhouse, 1/255 and attached Weir (formerly listed as 10.10.74 Mayroyd Mill (Wheelhouse, Water Wheel and Weir) G.V. II

Wheelhouse to mill (now demolished), early C19. Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof survives in part, one end of roof clad in asbestos, over wooden extension. East elevation has central doorway with window to either side with plain stone surrounds. Left hand return wall has 2 similar windows in gable which overlooks the River Calder. Rear has large semi-circular arched entrance to sluice. Interior houses cast iron and steel undershot wheel 16 feet diameter, 15 feet wide. The weir, set diagonally across the river, is low and buttressed.

Listing NGR: SD9953026874

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1072 IOE Records taken by Norman Hurst; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Norman Hurst. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Hurst, Norman

Rights Holder: Hurst, Norman

Keywords

Asbestos, Stone, Wood, Georgian Wheel House, Victorian Industrial, Water Power Production Site, Power Generation Site, Undershot Wheel, Water Wheel, Weir, Transport, Water Transport Site, Water Supply And Drainage, Water Regulation Installation, Sluice, Maritime, Culvert, Drain, Watercourse