We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 55.3193 / 55°19'9"N
Longitude: -1.8992 / 1°53'57"W
OS Eastings: 406494
OS Northings: 602812
OS Grid: NU064028
Mapcode National: GBR H65X.MZ
Mapcode Global: WHB0Q.SKTG
Plus Code: 9C7W8492+P8
Entry Name: Debdon Sawmill and Attached Wall to South West
Listing Date: 25 August 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1371031
English Heritage Legacy ID: 236338
ID on this website: 101371031
Location: Knocklaw, Northumberland, NE65
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Cartington
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Upper Coquetdale
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
CARTINGTON B 6341 NU 0602 NU 065028 (West side, off) 23/2 Debdon Sawmill and attached wall to south-west II*
Powerhouse and sawmill, third quarter of C19. Snecked rock-faced stone with some cut dressings; red clay tile roof. H-plan, single-storeyed except for west part of south wing. West elevation in 3 parts; gable end of north wing on left has 3-light mullioned window above round arch for head goit; recessed centre has doorway and blocked window; gable end of south wing on right has boarded door under timber lintel, with 2-light mullioned window above; on left return is altered 3-light window with 2 cross windows above. To far right is attached retaining wall for approach ramp on south, with heavy flat coping stepping down to right. South elevation in 2 parts: left part has boarded double doors in shouldered arch with timber lintel, under gablet with shaped loop; stepped-and-banded ridge stack to right: lower right part largely concealed by approach ramp.
Interior: In north wing is Thompson double vortex turbine by Williamsons of Kendal (with maker's plate).
Historical Note: In 1881 Lord Armstrong coupled the turbine to a Siemens horizontal generator to produce the first hydro-electric power source in the world; this lit the first arc lamps in Armstrong's museum at Cragside, and later Joseph Swan's newly-invented incandescent lamps.
Listed and graded for historic importance.
Adjacent sheds with corrugated iron roofs are not of interest.
Listing NGR: NU0649402812
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings