Burnfoot Power House, 70 Metres North Of Burnfoot Lodge

Burnfoot Power House, built between 1883 and 1887 for Lord Armstrong, is a power house constructed from snecked stone with rock-faced and margined quoins and dressings, topped with a red clay tile roof. The building has a Z-plan layout and is a single storey. The south elevation is divided into two parts: the gable end of the south-west wing, which serves as the battery house, features inserted boarded double doors beneath a timber lintel, a 2-light mullioned window to the left, and a slit in the gable. The centre block, set back to the right, includes a boarded door and a pent projection with a similar door on the left return.

The west elevation is also in two parts: the three-bay south-west wing on the right has 3-light windows and two slatted ridge vents with moulded finials. The left return of this wing contains two similar windows and a slit in the gable. The two-bay rear wing, set back to the left, features a boarded door, a 3-light window, and a larger slatted ridge vent, with the roof hipped to the left. There is a small extension set back on the far left with a similar window.

Inside, the power house contains a Thompson double vortex turbine and the earliest known example of an R.E. Crompton double magnet "Trade"-type Gramme ring compound dynamo, which was removed for repair at the time of the survey and is scheduled to be re-installed in spring 1987.

Historically, the power house was built after the creation of Nelly's Moss Lakes, which provided a 107-metre head, enabling Armstrong to construct equipment that produced 90 amps at 110 volts. In 1895, a Tangye gas engine (now removed) and a Parkes dynamo were added, effectively doubling the power output. The power house was last used in 1945.

The adjacent wooden shed with a corrugated iron roof is not of interest.