Description

LEEDS

SE2635 BRIDGE ROAD, Kirkstall
714-1/22/894 (North side (off))
Kirkabbey Kennels, sluice gates,
cottage and weir on River Aire

GV II

Weir on River Aire, sluice gates for Abbey Mills goit
headrace, and keeper's cottage with retaining walls. Medieval
weir site, sluice gates and cottage early C19 rebuilds, with
C20 alterations.
Weir approx 80m wide, of huge gritstone blocks, revetment wall
on W side of river similar. Cottage in Gothic Revival style at
E end of the weir: single storey, ashlar, roof hidden by
crenellated parapet; N side (upstream) has 6-panel door and
lancet window towards sluice gates, and a rebuilt 3-light
oriel window facing the river; C20 additions on S side. The
sluice gates: 8 vertical paddles, walkway over, between
cottage entrance and screen wall which is crenellated,
pilasters.
A very important point of control for the water power from
Abbey to Burley Mills, Kirkstall Road (qv); the weir is
thought to have been first built to create a depth of water at
Kirkstall Abbey, Abbey Road (qv) when building stone was being
floated down the Aire.

Listing NGR: SE2612335956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547408

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)