Dam, Overflow Bridge and Valve House at Catcleugh Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. A 19th century Dam, valve house.
Dam, Overflow Bridge and Valve House at Catcleugh Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- hollow-paling-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Dam, valve house
- Address
- Dam, Overflow Bridge and Valve House at Catcleugh Reservoir, Rochester
- OS grid reference
- NT 747 030
- Coordinates
- 55.32104, -2.40003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dam, overflow bridge, and valve house at Catcleugh Reservoir were constructed between 1891 and 1904 by engineers T. and C. Hawksley for the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company. The earth-filled dam features a rock-faced parapet. At the west end, there is a single-storey valve house that consists of three bays with tall segment-headed openings, projecting eaves supported by closely spaced moulded corbels, and a hipped roof.
The overflow bridge at the west end has five broad, shallow segmental arches with a boldly rock-faced invert. Inside the valve house, there is original machinery from 1903 made by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock.
Local climate
Dam, Overflow Bridge and Valve House at Catcleugh Reservoir receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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