Description

SK 18 NE PARISH OF DERWENT DERWENT LANE
4/43

Derwent Dam
II

Dam. 1902-16, Edward Sandeman, Engineer, W Flockhart architectural adviser.
Coursed squared rock-faced gritstone. The core is of large stone blocks set in
concrete. 1,110 feet long and 114 feet high. The base is 178 feet thick
tapering to 10 feet at the top. Two castellated towers with arched corbel
tables. Pairs of small round-arched windows to three sides, a door to the fourth
side. Massive gateways at each end with battered sides and banded rock-faced
rustication. Pseudo Gibbs-type entrance arches with huge vermiculated blocks
and a solid pediment. Parapet walls linking gate piers to the towers with a
dentil cornice to the south. Sources: The Builder, October 25 1912, pp 477-9.

Listing NGR: SK1721689813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608603

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living