Description

LEEDS

SE2734 CANAL ROAD
714-1/28/920 (West side (off))
19/10/51 Sluice gates and retaining walls on
head race at Armley Mills
(Formerly Listed as:
CANAL ROAD, Armley
Armley Mill, incl mill houses to SE,
chimney to E. and sluices and bridge
W)

GV II

Sluice gates and retaining walls to west. 1788 for Thomas
Lloyd or c1805 for Benjamin Gott, probably altered mid C19.
Ashlar and wrought- and cast-iron. Solid wall surmounted by
walkway giving access to 4 sluices; low rail with column
supports, retaining wall on north side of ashlar, approx 30m
long and links to the weir (qv); on south side the walling
approx 20m long and of several phases of stonework.
In 1788 Thomas Lloyd's programme of rebuilding at Armley
included recutting the narrow mill race, the engineer was John
Sutcliffe of Halifax. The earlier fulling mill stood on this
site and the south side stonework might include some remains.
Benjamin Gott's new mill in 1805 might have required further
alterations to provide sufficient flow of water for the new
water wheels.

Listing NGR: SE2746534148

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26547286

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)