Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills
WEIR ON RIVER AIRE AT ARMLEY MILLS, CANAL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255721
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills
- Statutory Address:
- WEIR ON RIVER AIRE AT ARMLEY MILLS, CANAL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1255721
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEIR ON RIVER AIRE AT ARMLEY MILLS, CANAL ROAD
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.
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:
- WEIR ON RIVER AIRE AT ARMLEY MILLS, CANAL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Leeds (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 27374 34177
Details
LEEDS
SE2734 CANAL ROAD 714-1/28/923 (West side (off)) Weir on River Aire at Armley Mills
GV II
Weir on River Aire. Possibly medieval in origin, enlarged and rebuilt c1788. By John Sutcliffe of Halifax, engineer. For Thomas Lloyd. Repaired after bomb damage 1942. Massive gritstone slabs set on edge, concrete repairs. Approx 140m long. Built to direct the major flow of water through the mill at all times. There was a fulling mill at Armley by the mid C16, leased by Richard Booth from Henry Savile.
Listing NGR: SE2737434177
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 465710
- 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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