Description

WATTON-AT-STONE WOODHALL PARK
TL 31 NW
4/212 Cascade, Weir and Sluice
- on River Beane about
30m N of Drive
GV II

Weir with sluice channelling River Beane onto cascade facing approach drive to
Woodhall Park (q.v.). c.1780 by W Malcolm as part of landscaping of Park for
Sir T Rumbold. Cascade face is irregular brick and stone with stepped setts on one
side, overgrown and ruinous. Flanking low stock brick walls canted out to tumbling
bay with gutter to left for sluiced water. Similar and lower canted stock brick
walls upstream channel water over rendered weir, a central opening channels water
into sluice. On weir are 2 panelled piers with pedimented heads dated 1933
supporting timber framework with a handle to gear mechanism to open and shut
sluice gates.

Listing NGR: TL3136418277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381492

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas