Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park
Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park, Park Lane
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135467
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park
- Statutory Address:
- Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park, Park Lane
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135467
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1988
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Jun-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park, Park Lane
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park, Park Lane
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- West Bretton
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 29008 12531
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 September 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SE21SE
8/96
WEST BRETTON
PARK ROAD (south side, off)
Overflow to Lower Lake, three weirs to east side of dam and pump house adjacent to middle weir, in Bretton Park.
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II
Overflow, weirs and pumphouse. The overflow and weirs probably c.1782 (date of Lower Lake), the pump house probably early C19. The overflow and weirs are lined in coursed squared stone with slight tooling or vermiculation. The pump house is of coursed square rubble with quoins and has a stone slate roof. The top weir forms the east end of The Cut which flows eastward to the north of the lakes. The overflow runs through a tunnel-vaulted skew-bridge to join the second weir in a 90x curve. The third weir is shallower. All the weirs are stepped and concave and the upper two weirs each have a drop of approximately 5 metres.
The pump house has an internal brick wall which farms a wheel-housing containing an iron-spoked water wheel of approximately 2 metres (6 feet) in diameter. The other chamber contains a crankshaft with two connecting rods to a pump. The goit driving the wheel appears to have been blocked. The pump is said to have been used to pump drinking water from a lower level up to the main house approximately 700 metres away.
Listing NGR: SE2900812531
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342592
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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